S 1789
Training and Nutrition Stability Act of 2025
Summary
Training and Nutrition Stability Act of 2025 This bill excludes specific employment and training program allowances, earnings, and payments from income when determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). (Under SNAP, a household must have an income below a certain level to qualify for program benefits.) Examples of programs excluded from income include Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs, vocational rehabilitation programs, and refugee employment programs. This bill also removes the requirement that earnings from on-the-job training be considered earned income for purposes of determining SNAP eligibility.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand [D-NY]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Agriculture and Food
- Introduced
- 2025-05-15
- Latest action
- 2025-05-15: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-05-15: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- 2025-05-15: Introduced in Senate