The Brief
- Orange County organizations lend support to SNAP recipients before the imminent SNAP suspension.
- 175,000 Orange County residents are SNAP recipients, Mayor Jerry Demings said.
- Orange County allocated $5.3 million from its budget to the Second Harvest Food Bank.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County is preparing to support its SNAP recipients as Nov. 1 approaches.
Following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s statement that eligible SNAP recipients would not be receiving EBT credits on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings drew attention to local resources to help Orange County SNAP recipients.
“We are optimistic that the federal government and Congress will take some action to preclude that from happening this weekend,” Demings said in an Oct. 29 press conference. …