Report sheds light on challenges successes of Floridas SNAP program

FLORIDA — Millions of SNAP recipients across the country are seeing a change in the amount of their benefits with the end of Emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) allotments. Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, states issued emergency funding that some believe are ending too soon. Florida was one of the first states to reduce the funding when its emergency declaration expired. Despite the successes of the program, a new report by the Florida Policy Institute outlines the barriers of equal access. Katrina Hayes is a single mother who just moved into her first home last…