Annapolis, MD – Maryland failed to make use of hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal job-training money last year to help low-income families that receive food stamps prepare for the job market — a deficiency state officials are now working to rectify.
The state received a $1.2 million federal grant as part of its food stamp funding for the fiscal year that ended in September. The money was supposed to be spent on job training, but the state sent nearly $500,000 back to Washington. It is unclear whether the state has returned similar sums in other years.