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  • Report: Job training rule for food stamps would trim rolls by half

    05/20/2013 11:09:15 AM PDT · by Jean S · 31 replies
    Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ^ | 5/20/12 | Jason Stein
    Madison — Requiring basic job training from able-bodied participants in the state's food stamp program would cause about half of them to drop out of the program — a total of tens of thousands of people statewide and 14,500 in just Milwaukee. The new projections come from the Legislature's nonpartisan budget office, which last week released its analysis of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to require 62,700 able-bodied adults without children in Wisconsin FoodShare to attend bare-bones job training. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau puts the total cost for that at $35.8 million over two years, including $16.8 million for state payers.The...