Three million Floridians rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a federal program best known as SNAP. More than a million of those people are children.
As the government shutdown nears a month long, SNAP benefits are expected to end on Saturday, Nov. 1.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has responded to calls to safeguard the program for his constituents by passing the buck to Chuck Schumer, the U.S. Senate Democratic Leader from New York, according to the Florida Phoenix. So locals are stepping up…