Some FL SNAP Recipients Must Complete Workforce Training, New Law Says

FLORIDA — Some Floridians who receive food assistance known as SNAP benefits will soon be required to complete a workforce training program due to a new law set to take effect next week.

The law is applicable to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ages 18-59, who do not have children younger than age 18 living with them in their home.

Starting July 1, these recipients will have to complete an employment training program of at least 80 hours to continue receiving food assistance.

Nearly 3 million Florida residents receive SNAP benefits, Spectrum News 13 reported. One of them is Eimear Roy, who told Spectrum News she is battling diabetes, long COVID-19 and heart issues.

“According to the state, I’m medically complex, but I don’t get Medicaid, I don’t get SSI – I’ve been rejected for everything," she told Spectrum News. "So the only real medicine I have right now is to eat healthy."

Roy expressed concern about potentially being unable to fulfill the new state requirements, she said in the Spectrum News report.

“I’m clinging on to life, and I’ll absolutely keep fighting — the fighting spirit I have," Roy said in the report. "But God, cut citizens a bit of a break."

Read more via Spectrum News 13.