BATON ROUGE — Long lines at state offices are preventing some people from receiving their SNAP benefits.
A woman reached out to WBRZ, saying more than 80 people had to wait in line for their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits at the Department of Children and Family Services office in Baton Rouge. Another woman told WBRZ she is a mother of seven and was dropped from SNAP for making too much money, yet she says her income has not changed.
Tia Fields works as a policy analyst for Invest in Louisiana and tracks how changing public assistance laws impact communities, including who gets left out and goes hungry…