United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-02-27 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-391R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-391R P0b002ee18038e1e5 f:d01391r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-391R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-391R GAO-01-391R Employment or training programs Food relief programs Funds management State-administered programs Food Stamp Program Correspondence Recent legislation increased funding for food stamp employment and training programs from fiscal year 1998 through fiscal year 2002, when the Food Stamp Program is scheduled to be reauthorized. To qualify for these additional federal funds, states must maintain their state-funded expenditures for employment and training at a level no lower than in fiscal year 1996; these additional funds are referred to as maintenance-of-efforts funds. The act requires that at least 80 percent of all employment and training funds be spent on able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWD). The law also gives the states the option to exempt from the work requirement up to 15 percent of their ABAWD population not residing in a waived area or otherwise exempted from the work requirement. GAO examined (1) the trends in ABAWD participation in the Food Stamp Program, including recent data on ABAWDs who are living in waived areas, exempted from work requirements, participating in qualifying employment and training activities, or working, and (2) the extent to which the states have used employment and training program funding. GAO found (1) ABAWD participation in the Food Stamp Program has dropped rapidly since fiscal year 1996 and (2) the states have not used a substantial portion of the funds made available for Food Stamp employment and training programs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-391R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-391R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-391R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-391R.pdf GAO-01-391R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-391R Correspondence GAO-01-391R; Food Stamp Program: Implementation of the Employment and Training Program for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents; Employment or training programs Food relief programs Funds management State-administered programs Food Stamp Program Public Law 104-193 Public Law 105-33 Public Law 105-185 Public Law 106-387