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Sullivan County outlines SNAP resumption, expected HEAP start, and countywide QRT expansion
Summary
County commissioner reported SNAP payments resumed after the federal shutdown, HEAP authorization is in place with an expected local opening around Nov. 24, and the DA-led Quick Response Team (QRT) that operated in Liberty and Fallsburg will be expanded countywide under COSUP grant funding.
At the Health & Human Services Committee meeting the county commissioner delivered a broad social-services update focused on the aftermath of the recent federal government shutdown and operational adjustments.
The commissioner said SNAP benefits began moving again following state and federal actions and advised residents who do not receive their full November SNAP benefit by Nov. 19 to contact Sullivan County Social Services for assistance.…
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