![]() When all those work well families stay stable, right? We are able to make it through crisis,” Mantz said. “There are government programs, benefit programs we can connect people to. Thomas Mantz is President and CEO of Feeding Tampa Bay. The food bank says they are already at capacity because of inflation at the grocery store and gas pump, and now they are seeing people who normally wouldn’t be lined up for help, SNAP benefits families. Since then, the Governor’s Office and Department of Children and Families have not responded to our requests for an update on what, if anything, the State is doing to resolve the backlog.Īs the log jam of claims continues, non-profits like Feeding Tampa Bay are seeing more people seeking help. “But we want to get them processed, so we will work with them and see how they can expedite it. They've got massive amounts of stuff that’s going on that they're are processing across a whole wide range of issues,” the Governor said. Ron DeSantis responded to the backlog earlier in the week during a press conference in Dunedin saying, “We will talk to the secretary about that. The federal program administered by the state’s Department of Children and Families is now flooded with so many claims, they aren’t being processed before deadlines expire, leaving families in need with no help.
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