Legislative findings and intent

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Public Health and Welfare
  4. Social Services
  5. Public Assistance Generally
  6. Employment Opportunities for Able-Bodied Adults Act of 2019
  7. Legislative findings and intent

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  1. (a) The General Assembly finds that:

    1. (1) Arkansas has made great strides in promoting work for able-bodied adults across other public assistance programs;

    2. (2) Arkansas can continue those initiatives by further creating opportunities and spurring economic development by improving its workforce;

    3. (3) Arkansas provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to more than one hundred twenty-three thousand (123,000) able-bodied adults without young children;

    4. (4) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Arkansas should be protected and preserved for the truly vulnerable;

    5. (5) Most able-bodied adults receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in Arkansas do not work at all;

    6. (6) Arkansas has the opportunity under federal law to refer able-bodied adults to employment and training programs;

    7. (7) Arkansas has more than thirty-two thousand six hundred (32,600) open jobs; and

    8. (8) Arkansas is projected to create more than one hundred sixty-six thousand (166,000) jobs in 2019.

  2. (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that this subchapter shall increase employment and self-sufficiency among able-bodied adults who are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.


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