The state allocated $38 million to the Farmers Feeding Florida program. The new statewide initiative helps food banks distribute surplus and discounted farm products to families in need.

The district's meal sites are available through the Seamless Summer Option (SSO), a program under the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The state gives rural districts, like Hernando County, extra leeway in distributing food.

Across the country, beneficiaries are reporting long waits on the phone, backlogs in field offices and delays in getting benefits, although agency leaders insist changes are improving customer service.

The Senior Disaster Support Program is designed to empower seniors across the Tampa Bay region through hurricane preparation and recovery.

A new scorecard published by the Population Reference Bureau finds that Florida restricts access to birth control, ranking alongside states like Kansas, Mississippi and Alabama.

The state budget allots $235 million to SHIP and SAIL programs, projects that subsidize developers building low-income housing.

Congress is close to cutting at least $200 billion from SNAP over 10 years and shifting some of the remaining costs to states. A single mom in Tampa says that would impact her ability to feed her kids.

At a public hearing before the vote, around 30 residents urged commissioners to vote against an ordinance repealing the local affordable housing act.

Officials said the cost to replace them is a significant drain on resources at the start of hurricane season.

On May 30, the Trump administration sent a finalized budget request to Congress proposing a 43% cut to rental assistance programs funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

House Republicans recently passed their version that would make historic cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Debate over the measure now moves to the Senate.

In a 5-2 vote on Wednesday, county commissioners decided to repeal an ordinance that created the local affordable housing fund, also known as HOPE funds.