Sentences with phrase «for food stamp applicants»

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MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday called on the Wisconsin Legislature to pass a sweeping welfare overhaul package that includes requiring parents on food stamps to meet a work requirement, imposes new drug testing on public housing applicants and lays down a photo - identification requirement for food - stamp recipients.

Food stamps are a small monthly stipend that applicants have to qualify for.

The proposed Farm Bill legislation tightens the requirements for applicants to enroll in job training programs in order to access food stamps.

During the Great Depression, the test was used to screen applicants for such programs as Home Relief in the United States, and starting in the 1960s, for benefits such as those provided by the Food Stamp Program.