Denver (KDVR) – Colorado can join a small list of countries in the country that allows beneficiaries of the additional nutritional assistance program to have a hot meal using its benefits.
Legislators in the government Capitol building want the beneficiaries of Colorado Snap to access the food that has been already made and they do not need to heat.
Actress Yara Zoukai said: “This is a program for older individuals, living with disability or passing through homelessness. It is extremely important that these individuals are still these individuals can reach hot and prepared food. This is something that sudden advantages are not covered.”
Currently, the sudden benefits of Colorado only cover cold foods and ingredients. Actor Zokaie is the sponsor of the two -party home invoice Looking to change this.
“There are people who are struggling who are currently unable to use benefits to get a prepared meal. This is something the state needs to intensify and fill this gap,” said Zokai.
Snap Restaurant Restaurant meals program is a federal plan run by the US Department of Agriculture. In order for people to use Snap benefits to access the program, the country will need to subscribe. If the bill in Capitol becomes a law, Colorado will become the tenth country in the country to participate in it, during a period when Coloraprint said to end the CEO of Hunger Systems for the JoëL McClurg that the need is great.
“Because of the ongoing inflation over the past two years, there has been continuous hunger. What we saw since the epidemic is that participating in these programs that reduce hunger has been continuing. We see lines in food banks and food stores that are still highly high,” Malforg explained.
Any restaurant can choose to participate, but with the average sudden benefits about 6 dollars a day per person and is not qualified to cover the tips, in other states, most of them have fast food and fast service restaurants such as Burger King and Subway to be part of this. McClorge said that Colorado could be different.
“We are really trying to think hard on how to ensure that there is an element of local production, local purchases in a type of accredited retail dealers, how we throw a wide network to support the largest possible number of people, and how we think about these entities that will really benefit from these benefits, and a kind of this model that was done in a few materials, and not all, not focus significantly on fast food materials.”
The draft law has not only sponsored from the two parties, but also enjoys the support of the two parties, as the legislator votes for the state only against the draft law in the Senate. Representatives of the Humanitarian Health and Services Committee in the House of Representatives acknowledged the draft law by voting from 10 to 3.
“Reaching a stomach meal is very important to the luxury of the family. And when you have the elderly, people who struggle with a disability from a person who passes the homeless, they will not be able to reach the kitchen, they will not necessarily be able to prepare food for themselves.