Training and Nutrition Stability Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced
Summary
Would exclude payments and earnings from certain employment and training programs when calculating SNAP eligibility. It would also stop counting on-the-job training earnings as earned income and would preserve specific veterans' and COVID retraining programs as exceptions.
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- Households: Households with members who receive payments, allowances, or earnings from the listed programs would not count those amounts when determining SNAP eligibility.
- Program participants and workers: People in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs, vocational rehabilitation programs, refugee employment programs, and other covered work programs would have those payments excluded from income tests.
- Veterans in specified programs: Benefits tied to the Post-9/11 and Harry W. Colmery veterans education laws and the COVID-19 Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program are treated as exceptions and remain excluded under the bill.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More SNAP help for training pay
If enacted, this would stop counting many training and work payments as SNAP income. Households that get these payments would show lower countable income. Covered payments would include work programs, employment-and-training programs, vocational rehabilitation, and refugee job programs. Payments from certain veterans education programs and the COVID-19 Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program would still count. This could help some households qualify for SNAP or get larger SNAP benefits.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 5/15/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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