2019 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 5 - Social Services
Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally
Subchapter 8 - Employment Opportunities for Able-Bodied Adults Act of 2019
§ 20-76-802. Legislative Findings and Intent
(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Arkansas has made great strides in promoting work for able-bodied adults across other public assistance programs;
(2) Arkansas can continue those initiatives by further creating opportunities and spurring economic development by improving its workforce;
(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) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Arkansas should be protected and preserved for the truly vulnerable;
(5) Most able-bodied adults receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in Arkansas do not work at all;
(6) Arkansas has the opportunity under federal law to refer able-bodied adults to employment and training programs;
(7) Arkansas has more than thirty-two thousand six hundred (32,600) open jobs; and
(8) Arkansas is projected to create more than one hundred sixty-six thousand (166,000) jobs in 2019.
(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.
