Staff ReportsJune 18, 2024
4min0
'The bill replaces hand-outs with hand-ups, with the new School Readiness Plus program helping families get off these benefit programs completely.'
Tag: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Staff ReportsJune 18, 2024
Florida PhoenixMarch 13, 2024
11min0
'We’re going through our calls, and I was seeing this massive number of disconnects.'
Ryan NicolAugust 31, 2023
3min0
'The Department will do all that it can to support those impacted by this storm.'
Associated PressMay 28, 2023
8min0
The deal represents a step back from economic calamity, but more hurdles loom.
A.G. GancarskiAugust 3, 2022
4min0
DeSantis says a federal anti-discrimination push threatens school lunch funding.
A.G. GancarskiJune 21, 2022
5min0
The 'Let's Get to Work' Act would target food, housing benefits for unemployed.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 24, 2020
4min573
Floridians are being told to stay home, but some can't afford to stock up.
Staff ReportsAugust 31, 2019
3min311
Benefits will be available Saturday at noon.
Peter SchorschMay 3, 2018
5min482
State and federal programs aimed at helping low-income Florida families aren’t working, according to a new report from the Florida Children’s Council. “Positive child and youth outcomes, financial stability for families, and economic vitality for businesses are interrelated goals. There is clear need to rethink social service policy and align work-based solutions with child and family […]
Scott PowersOctober 31, 2017
3min303
Democratic U.S. Reps. Al Lawson and Darren Soto are urging Florida Gov. Rick Scott to extend a time-limit extension he imposed following Hurricane Irma so that food stamp recipients can continue to receive benefits without risking their 90-day deadline. Lawson, of Jacksonville, and Soto, of Orlando, said in a letter to Scott that Hurricane Irma […]