Officials make workforce training part of CalFresh eligibility

This story originally appeared in The Center Square. California officials say workforce training programs are a way to keep CalFresh beneficiaries eligible for the taxpayer-funded program. CalFresh, which is known nationally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is paid for by federal taxpayer dollars. Federal rules imposed earlier this year aimed to reduce the number of people eligible for the food assistance program. The Trump administration added a requirement that SNAP recipients work or be enrolled in school at least 80 hours a month or roughly 20 hours a week. The California Department of Social Services recently announced that those in workforce training programs would be eligible for CalFresh. Programs can include adult education, apprenticeships and career and technical education programs, according to the department. It is unclear how much the expanded means of eligibility would cost taxpayers.

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