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Osceola County manager seeks authorization to identify up to $1 million for SNAP recipients amid federal shutdown
Summary
County Manager asked the board to identify about $90,000 in CDBG funds and about $910,000 in general fund uses (totaling about $1 million) to support SNAP‑qualified recipients through county food pantries if federal SNAP benefits remain undistributed; the board signaled consensus to proceed and asked staff to report back.
Osceola County’s manager raised an emergency funding proposal at the Nov. 3 commission meeting in response to an ongoing federal government shutdown and associated nondisbursement of SNAP benefits.
The county manager asked for authorization to identify roughly $90,000 from Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and about $910,000 from general fund sources — approximately $1 million in total — to be set aside and used…
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