The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s Gov. John Kasich will limit food stamps for 130,000 adults starting Jan. 1.
The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio’s Gov. John Kasich will limit food stamps for 130,000 adults starting Jan. 1.
To qualify for benefits, able-bodied adults without children will be required to spend at least 20 hours a week working, training for a job, volunteering or performing a similar type of activity unless they live in one of 16 counties exempt because of high unemployment. The requirements begin next month; however, those failing to meet them would not lose benefits until Jan. 1.
“It’s important that we provide more than just a monetary benefit, that we provide job training, an additional level of support that helps put (food-stamp recipients) on a path toward a career and out of poverty,” said Ben Johnson, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
