It is evidence that the citizens of Virginia know about the program and that additional outreach is unnecessary. Local boards are unable to understand why they are being required to do outreach in order to increase the number of participants when President Carter is asking for a reduction in federal spending and Congress is wrestling with whether to appropriate money to keep the Food Stamp program going. The extensive outreach efforts which we are now being required to make. which include the active recruitment of volunteers. work with the media. special efforts for migrant farmworkers. a review of factors which inhibit participation In the programsuch as lack of transportation or agency and community attitudesand the formulation of corrective action. are resulting in the need for additional agency staff. indeed. we have received an information bulletin from the Department of Welfare regarding the establishment of new positions to handle the increased workload. With reference to the "volunteers" it is of interest to note that the Departments regulations offer little by way of justification for a corps of volunteers to solicit more food stamp recipients. but the Department mandate that there must be an attempt by State agencies to "actively attempt to recruit volunteers." and that volunteers "must receive sufficient training." As defined by the Department a volunteer can be anyone whoEither under the direction of the State agency 3r in the course of his/her duties under the direction of a cooperating agency. performs information or noninformational food stamp outreach activities without pay from the State Agency. The Rappahanock official summarizes the situation like this: The problem which needs to be addressed is that the U.S.