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County staff urge protection of SNAP and Medicaid expansion; board approves consent agenda including support letters
Summary
Durham County social services and public-health staff presented data on SNAP participation and Medicaid expansion enrollment and urged commissioners to oppose federal cuts; the board approved the consent agenda and commissioners asked staff to send support letters to federal and state delegations.
Durham County staff used the May 12 meeting to press commissioners to oppose proposed cuts to SNAP benefits and to protect Medicaid expansion implemented in North Carolina in late 2023.
Rena Goldstein Benug, the county—s food-security coordinator, described SNAP as the county—s largest federal nutrition program and said proposed federal cuts would be devastating for residents and for local jobs. Latoya Chambers, assistant director for the Family Economic Independence Division at Durham County Social Services (which administers SNAP/FNS), said that as of May the county had nearly 35,000 Food and Nutrition Services…
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