PEOPLE, SHOPPING FOR GROCERIES
COULD SOON CHANGE.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S
ADMINISTRATION IS CONSIDERING A
PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOW STATES TO
DRUG TEST SOME FOOD STAMP
RECIPIENTS.
>> IT IS REALLY SAD TO HEAR
THERE IS ANOTHER PUSH, BECAUSE
IT DOES FURTHER STIGMATIZE THESE
FOLKS.
REPORTER: DAVE KREPCHO IS THE
PRESIDENT OF SECOND HARVEST FOOD
BANK IN ORLANDO.
HE TELLS ME MOST PEOPLE HE KNOWS
DON’T WANT TO BE PART OF SNAP,
OR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND HE SAYS, HALF OF THE
RECIPIENTS ARE CHILDREN.
>> THERE ARE FAMILIES BEHIND
THOSE RECIPIENTS, AND WHEN YOU
START LIMITING THAT, IT IMPACTS
KIDS.
REPORTER: FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY
THE DRUG TESTING WOULD ONLY
TARGET ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE WITH
NO DEPENDANTS.
CRITICS SAY, THAT’S STILL A
PROBLEM.
>> THERE IS TYPICALLY A
TRANSPORTATION ISSUE, YOU NOW?
WHERE YOU GO FOR THE DRUG
TESTING?
HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE?
REPORTER FLORIDA TRY TO
IMPLEMENT IN DRUG TESTING IN
2014 BUT A JUDGE RULED IT
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
EVEN THOUGH TRUMP’S PLANS AS IT
WOULD IMPACT ONLY 5% OF SNAP
PARTICIPANTS, KREPCHO SAYS, IT
SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE.
IF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS COULD
SPEND TIME WITH SOME OF THESE
PEOPLE, THEY WOULD GET A MUCH
DIFFEREN
