supplemental nutrition assistance program

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene introduced legislation that would make it easier for Americans participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to access job training services.

The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service runs the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from the Federal side, but it is administered at the state level, but that has left it open to mistakes.   Part of the reason, according Assistant USDA Inspector General Gil Harden, is the bonuses provided to states that don’t erroneously give out SNAP benefits.   “That p...