Rising grocery prices and looming SNAP cuts squeeze Tampa families
'Florida Matters' runs down the grocery list of how big changes to the social safety net are impacting you and your neighbors.
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Show Notes
Inflation has cooled off a bit this year, and prices aren’t going through the roof like they were last year and the year before. But they’re still creeping up. Add cuts to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, and some families in the Tampa Bay region are worried they’ll go hungry.
Taylour Grant, a single mom from Tampa, joins us to talk about how SNAP benefits help her buy groceries for her four kids. And WUSF’s Gabriella Paul talks about the wider impact of cuts to those benefits.
And, if your kids are in school, you might have had the conversation about whether to pack a lunch or let them have school lunch. We chat about healthy school lunch options with Dr. David Berger, a pediatrician with Wholistic Pediatrics and Family Care in Tampa.