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Committee adopts amendment halving SNAP-outreach appropriation, hears support from food-bank and United Way witnesses
Summary
The committee adopted an A1 amendment changing the HF45 appropriation for SNAP outreach from $1,000,000 to $500,000 per fiscal year and heard testimony from Second Harvest Heartland, Neighborhood House and United Way about outreach work to connect Minnesotans with SNAP benefits.
The House Committee on Children and Families adopted an amendment to House File 45 that reduces the proposed state appropriation for SNAP outreach grants from $1,000,000 per year to $500,000 per year, then heard testimony from food‑bank and nonprofit witnesses about outreach work linking eligible Minnesotans to federal food benefits.
Representative Perez Vega moved HF45 and introduced an A1 amendment to modify the appropriation. The chair moved the amendment and the committee adopted it by voice vote.
Mesa Siebert, Neighbor Services Outreach Manager at…
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