There’s a growing demand in Hawaiʻi for the largest federal nutrition program — but there’s also a shortage of staff to process applications.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, is fully funded by the federal government. Hawaiʻi received $51 million in SNAP benefits and served 141,000 people under the program in December, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
But there isn’t enough staff to process SNAP applications…