WASHINGTON _ A lot more people could have to meet work requirements for food aid under a Trump administration plan unveiled early Thursday, just before the president signed legislation that's supposed to keep the current food aid eligibility system largely in place.
The proposed administration limits will have a significant impact in California, where in the application period lasting from September to August 2019 55 of 58 counties qualified for federal exemptions from work rules. That allowed officials to give the food assistance to more people.
People granted the exemptions could receive food aid for more than three months in a three-year period even if they didn't meet the 20-hour work requirement. Under the new administration proposal, far fewer people would be granted that exemption.
