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Legal-aid and community advocates back SB497 to shield Connecticut residents from federal SNAP/Husky cuts
Summary
Legal services, community organizers and food-justice advocates told the Human Services Committee that federal changes to SNAP and Husky threaten food security and urged passage of SB497 and related measures to protect veterans, people with barriers to work, and to create food-as-medicine pilots under Medicaid.
Advocates and legal-aid representatives urged the Human Services Committee to pass SB497, which supporters say would protect food security for veterans and other groups facing tighter federal SNAP rules and help mitigate federal cuts to nutritional assistance.
"Last year, 12% of Connecticut households, 450,110 of our neighbors used SNAP benefits," said Gene Mills of Connecticut Legal Services, who testified in favor of…
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