The Tennessee Department of Human Services announced July 2 that it is ending implementation of the “Healthy SNAP Tennessee” program.
Tennessee grocers had been preparing to implement changes to SNAP eligibility beginning July 31 that would have excluded sugary foods and carbonated beverages from SNAP purchases. But on June 22, a U.S. District Court ruling in Washington, D.C., vacated SNAP waivers granted to five states, including Tennessee.
The subsequent July 2 letter to TDHS from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Administration said, “the waiver’s implementation may not proceed.”…