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Clermont County: SNAP benefits remain paused after court action; county coordinates pantry deliveries
Summary
Clermont County Job & Family Services officials said SNAP cards have not yet received ordered funds after a series of federal court actions and a U.S. Supreme Court pause; county staff say local pantries have mobilized weekly distributions and collected donations to meet immediate needs.
Dottie Meyer, director of Clermont County Job & Family Services, told the Board of Commissioners on Nov. 12 that county residents have not yet received the SNAP benefit amounts that a federal district court ordered restored, and that Ohio is awaiting guidance after higher-court action paused that order.
“That money has not been added to the local residents of Clermont County on their cards,” Meyer said, describing a confusing federal timeline that included a district-court directive, a temporary U.S. Supreme Court pause and state-level uncertainty. She said Ohio officials…
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