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The West Virginia Department for Health and Human Resources announced a change today (Monday) in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. As of January 1, 2016, able-bodied adults without dependents in nine West Virginia counties must meet a work or education requirement in order to continue receiving SNAP benefits.
To avoid losing their benefits, SNAP recipients ages 18-49 with no dependent children need to either work or be in an educational program for 20 hours a week, every week.
Or, they must qualify for an exemption, which includes participating in an addiction treatment and rehabilitation program, being responsible for an incapacitated adult, or currently being at least a half-time student, among other things.
The change affects adults in Berkeley, Cabell, Harrison, Jefferson, Kanawha, Marion, Monongalia, Morgan, and Putnam counties – the nine counties with the lowest unemployment rates in West Virginia, according to a DHHR news release.
SNAP participants can go to the WorkForce Investment Boards in Charleston, Huntington, White Hall and Martinsburg to find work or be placed in a work-related training program.
Appalachia Health News is a project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, with support from the Benedum Foundation.
More money from the state of West Virginia is on its way to both of West Virginia’s food banks.
Continue Reading Take Me to More News"We have pledged a total of $14.1 million to fill in for the shortfalls for SNAP benefits,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. “We've already distributed $8.6 million of that. That's in the hands of the food banks. And then on Friday, another $2.5 million went out the door."
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Week, food banks face challenges as SNAP benefits are delayed and the government shutdown continues. Also, an influx of cash may help lift people in Mercer County up out of poverty. We also explore the roots of Halloween.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFriday afternoon Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced an additional $2.5 million for the state’s food banks and pantries, bringing the state’s emergency funding for nutritional support to over $8 million.
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