SNAP

The move by state officials stems from President Donald Trump's signature domestic policy bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It requires states for the first time to pay a portion of the cost of the historically federally funded benefits based on their error rate.

A federal grand jury in Miami-Dade returned an indictment charging the store owners or operators for their roles in trafficking taxpayer-funded over seven years, prosecutors said.

SNAP, also known as food stamps, has seen a rapid and consistent participation decline since last July. The drop comes as the program faces historic cuts and changes.

The number of enrollees in SNAP was dipping before the July 2025 enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act but increased as the law took effect. The law slashes spending on the food security program by $187 billion over a decade.

It took a year for Hatch and AHCA Secretary Shevaun Harris to finally receive Senate approval in the wake of the Hope Florida Foundation scandal involving Medicaid settlement money.

It's the first time a state's oversights in distributing food assistance is being tied to financial penalties.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual Kids Count report shows that young Floridians' economic health plummeted between 2019 and 2024. As in 2025, Florida ranks 35th for overall child well-being.

Work requirements will encourage people who are able to work to seek and maintain jobs, proponents say. But researchers haven’t found that they lower the unemployment rate.

Florida is one of 22 states with federal permission to implement nutrition-based restrictions on purchases with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

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Florida has a population of over 22 million residents, and more than 13 percent of those residents receive SNAP benefits monthly to buy groceries.

The Senate’s 80 hours of work per month and education requirements to maintain Medicaid benefits are not in the House companion bill.