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Lowcountry Food Bank warns SNAP reductions could increase demand for emergency food aid
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Nick Osborne of the Lowcountry Food Bank told the advisory committee that proposed federal changes to SNAP shift administrative costs to states and could increase demand for emergency food assistance locally; he cited state-level budget allocations and urged monitoring and community support.
Nick Osborne, representing the Lowcountry Food Bank, told the committee on May 6 that federal SNAP changes under consideration will shift more administrative costs to states and could reduce participation, increasing demand for emergency food assistance.
Osborne summarized his recent editorial and said roughly one in 10 South Carolinians rely on SNAP; he said about 32,000 people in Charleston County participate. He told the committee the federal proposal could equate to about $186,000,000 in reduced benefits over the next…
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