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Former DCF Worker Charged In $1.3M Food Stamp Scam
MIAMI (CBS4) – Bond has been set at $835,500 for a former state welfare worker charged in a $1.3 million scam for stealing personal information to get food stamps, which she traded for cash. Meera...
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Bill Would Limit Welfare Fund Use
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami/AP) – A bill that would limit what items could be purchased with state welfare funds is making headway in the Florida Senate. Currently, food stamps can be used to buy staples...
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Florida House Passes New Restrictions On Welfare
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — A bill that limits what items can be purchased with state welfare funds has passed in the Florida House. Thursday, the House voted to prohibit welfare recipients from using...
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House GOP Unveil Latest Ryan Budget
WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) – The Republican Party put its cards on the table Tuesday morning with a new budget plan from Representative Paul Ryan that would end much of Medicare as it’s known today and cut...
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GOP Leadership Protects Their Budget While Cutting Ours
On Friday, June 8, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and the Republican caucus perfectly summed up exactly how little regard they have for the American public. They talk...
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Florida Food Stamp Program Tops, Wins $9 Million Fed Bonus
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) — The Department of Children and Families gets a bad rap for the way it manages everything from foster care to adoptions, so its only fair they get credit for a good thing, and...
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Crisis Looms: Food Assistance Facing $16B Cuts
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Nearly 18 percent of Florida’s residents could soon be struggling to feed their families. Those residents, who rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...
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Emergency Food Assistance May Be Available For Residents
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Emergency food assistance may be available to those affected by Isaac. In fact, Florida officials have set up a text alert system to help feed victims of the departing storm. The...
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Opinion: Romney’s 47% Don’t Pay Taxes Remark Is 100% Controversy
As the dust settles – as it always does – regarding Mitt Romney’s now-publicly-aired comments which allege that 47% of Americans don’t pay taxes, there are a few inspiring realities that Romney and...
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Fla. Gov. Signs Bill Banning EBT Cards At Casinos
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida welfare recipients who use EBT cards are no longer allowed to use them at “adult entertainment establishments” like strip clubs and casinos. Gov. Rick Scott on...
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Florida’s Food Stamp Program Receives $8 Million Bonus
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida, with the lowest error rate in the nation when it comes to its food stamp program, will receive a hefty bonus. The Department of Children and Families announced on...
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Economic Numbers Show Recession Left Deep Impact In S. Fla.
MIAMI (CBSMiami/Herald) – The Great Recession, according to economists, technically ended a few years ago. But, based on jobless numbers and poverty, South Florida has a long way to go to ever recover...
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GOP Targets Food Stamps For Nearly $40 Billion In Cuts
WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) – Late Thursday evening, the House of Representatives voted to slash the budget for the nation’s food-stamp program by $39 billion over the next ten years. The bill was passed by...
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Rubio Targets War On Poverty On 50th Anniversary
WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) – It was 50 years ago Wednesday that then-President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed a war on poverty in his 1964 State of the Union Address. After five decades of programs like...
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Two Florida Brothers Sentenced For Food Stamp Fraud
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two South Florida brothers have been sentenced for their role in a multi-million dollar food stamp scam. The brothers are 52 year-old Ali Jaber and 42 year-old Hadi Jaber....
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Food Stamp Debit Cards Expire Soon
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) – There’s not much time before the state’s food stamp debit cards expire—28 days to be exact. The replacement cards, however, are set...
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Over A Million Low Income Earners Face Food Stamp Cutoff This Year
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Due to stricter work requirements that began kicking in this year, more than one million Americans in 21 states are facing the loss of...
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Food Stamp Recipients Face Work Requirement
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – About 300,000 Floridians who qualified for food stamps now face a work requirement that went into effect Jan. 1 — and the possibility of at...
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Concern Growing Over Proposed Trump Cuts To SNAP Funding
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Gwen Tolbert is a SNAP recipient. The two-time cancer survivor supplements her meager monthly food stamp allowance of $99 with food from...
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Florida Bill Would Ban Food Stamp Users From Buying Soda
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter CBS Local — Food stamp recipients in Florida may face new regulations on what they can and can’t buy with their federal aid. A bill filed in the state on August...
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