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Hunger advocates urge SNAP recertification fix and $182K to support CACFP sponsors
Summary
Hunger Free Vermont and CACFP sponsor organizations requested administrative changes to reduce SNAP churn and a $182,000 appropriation to the Agency of Education to stabilize Child and Adult Care Food Program sponsors serving family child-care homes.
Hunger and child-nutrition advocates told the House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 23 that relatively small administrative and one-time budget changes in the Budget Adjustment Act could preserve food access for vulnerable Vermonters.
Ivy Enoch, SNAP Policy and Training Lead at Hunger Free Vermont, asked the committee to direct the Department for Children and Families Economic Services Division to “maximize its use of…
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