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House Speaker Daniel Perez on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching proposal to cut Medicaid and a low-cost state children’s health insurance program while tightening work requirements for people who rely on the state’s food-assistance program.

As of Thursday, DCF had not released an update as to when SNAP benefits would return. However, new working requirements will prevent some from getting them.

Food banks and local nonprofits struggle to meet growing demand as federal nutrition aid is halved for thousands of families and seniors.

Pell Grants and federal student loans will still be processed. However, the speed of new FAFSA applications may slow down due to staff furloughs at the Department of Education and the Federal Student Aid program, one expert explained to WLRN.

Roughly one in 10 Palm Beach residents rely on food assistance benefits, which were halted on Nov. 1 due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of the month.

President Donald Trump’s administration faces Monday deadlines to tell two federal judges whether it will fully fund the nation’s biggest food aid program using emergency reserves during the government shutdown.

Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown. The rulings Friday came a day before the payments were due to be halted.

Thousands of older adults across South Florida are at imminent risk of losing crucial food assistance as the ongoing federal government shutdown threatens to suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits starting November 1, warns the Alliance for Aging.

November SNAP benefits remain paused until the federal government can be funded. As next month approaches, there doesn’t appear to be a deal on the horizon.

In Miami-Dade County, more than 522,890 individuals are set to lose this benefit, with nearly one in every four households affected — twice the national average.

The measure — the Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025 (H.R. 5822) — would direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture to maintain full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, operations throughout any lapse in government funding.