Lucy Nolan, executive director of End Hunger Connecticut!, slammed the Farm Bill, saying it would cut SNAP benefits for more than 65,000 Connecticut households by an average of $90 a month. According to the Department of Social Services (DSS) some 68,000 SNAP-eligible households are aid thanks to the $1 payment from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The Malloy administration is reviewing the bill’s details but has not yet determined how it might deal with that provision, said DSS spokesperson David Dearborn. Nolan said if there’s a “silver lining” in the situation, it’s that Connecticut has already distributed LIHEAP funds for 2014, so the food stamp cuts would not be implemented here until 2015.
Source: Connecticut Mirror, 1/28/14, Farm Bill in CT
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