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S 1794 · in committee · significant

SNAP Next Step Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • States can use SNAP funding to enroll eligible participants in job training and employment programs.
  • SNAP recipients who are unemployed or underemployed and meet work requirements are affected.
  • States and USDA share costs for employment calculators and training activities.

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  1. 01

    How would directing SNAP funds toward job training affect the amount of money available for direct food assistance to participants?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that employment programs funded through SNAP lead to sustained wage increases or reduced dependency on benefits?

  3. 03

    Which states have the capacity to administer job training programs, and how might this affect access for rural or underserved SNAP recipients?

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Pete Ricketts

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Introduced 2025-05-15

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-05-15 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  2. 2025-05-15 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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