State House lawmakers passed a bill that would implement new data-matching and verification procedures for SNAP participants, including a check of their citizenship status, before a family can access benefits, while advocates have pushed back on the legislation, arguing that the changes would not adequately address errors within the system and urging lawmakers to increase funding for the department that oversees the program.
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Maya Homan is a politics reporter based in Atlanta. Most recently, she covered the 2024 presidential election and Georgia state politics for USA TODAY and its network papers. She is a graduate of Northeastern University, and before moving to Georgia, she spent two years at the Boston Globe covering breaking news, arts and features.
