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Committee approves bill to let more low-income Arkansans access WorkPays workforce services
Summary
Senate Bill 89 passed the Senate Public Health Committee after testimony from the Division of Workforce Services; the bill removes a TANF enrollment prerequisite for the WorkPays program so able-bodied low-income families enrolled in Medicaid, SNAP or similar programs can access workforce services.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to approve Senate Bill 89, which would expand eligibility for Arkansas’ WorkPays workforce-incentive program by removing a current requirement that participants be enrolled in the Transitional Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
Phil Harris, assistant director for the TANF program at the Arkansas…
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