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Heated hearing on SNAP work‑requirement waivers: sponsor urges ending broad exemptions; opponents warn of rural harm
Summary
Sen. Bob Anderson introduced LB656 to remove state exemptions and discretionary waivers from federal SNAP 'ABAWD' work requirements and to make E&T participation more broadly required.
Sen. Bob Anderson introduced LB656 to remove state language that allows broad exemptions or local waivers from federal SNAP work requirements (for able‑bodied adults without dependents, commonly called ABAWDs). The sponsor said Nebraska currently reports about 23,200 ABAWDs exempted from work requirements and that the state’s voluntary Employment & Training (E&T) program reaches only a few hundred participants. He argued that waivers and permissive exemptions have functionally weakened the federal work requirement and that Nebraska should instead invest in mandatory E&T programming that helps people gain skills and join the workforce.
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