Mountain State Spotlight – West Virginia lawmakers are moving forward a bill to change the work requirements for food stamps. The bill expands work requirements to older adults — able-bodied people between age 53 and 59 — and will likely affect thousands of West Virginians. But changes to the bill removed able-bodied adults with dependents from the requirements, resulting in far fewer people affected than the original version.
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The bill’s lead sponsor, Sen. Rollan Roberts, R-Raleigh — who called the bill “people driven” — said the changes made were with the consideration of many challenges that West Virginians may face while finding work, including living in rural areas that do not have access to public transportation or many work opportunities.
“I think we have more resources than we have ever had in our state,” Roberts said, reiterating his remarks at the meeting.
