Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-76-802. Legislative findings and intent

(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.