SNAP running tests to expand online grocery buying option nationwide
Associate Administrator for SNAP, Jessica Shahin, gave Federal Drive with Tom Temin details about the program aiming to expand online shopping.
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For the first time, some participants in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, are able to buy their groceries online. That’s a leap forward for a program which only a few years ago was still issuing coupons. The Agriculture Department is running a two year test of online buying with the hope of expanding nationwide. Associate Administrator for SNAP at USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service Jessica Shahin spokes with Federal News Network’s Eric White for Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
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