ON FROM HEAT AND LOOK
OF WATER.
>> MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COULD BE
FORCED OFF FOOD STAMPS AS PART
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> HE IS TAKING FOOD OUT OF
PEOPLE MOUTH.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP BUDGET PLAN
IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED
TOMORROW.
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY IT
WILL INCLUDE A 25% CUT TO THE
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.
>> DETAILS ARE SKETCHY AT THIS
POINT BUT ACCORDING TO THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WILL BE CUTTING
BACK ON ELIGIBILITY AND
IMPOSING ADDITIONAL WORK
REQUIREMENTS.
JIM SPOKE WITH PEOPLE WHO
DEPEND ON FOOD STAMPS ABOUT
WHAT IT CAN MEAN TO THEM.
JIM.
>> LET ME BREAKDOWN SOME OF THE
NUMBERS FOR YOU HERE.
3.1 MILLION FLORIDIANS ARE ON
FOOD STAMPS.
HERE IN DUVAL COUNTY THAT
NUMBER IS 168,000 RECEIVE
ASSISTANCE.
13,000 IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY WE
ARE TALKING 22,000 OVER 22,000
IN CLAY COUNTY.
BUT THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO
TODAY SAID WITH MORE CUT LIKE
THIS, THINKS GOING TO LEAVE
SOME PEOPLE HUNGRY.
>> I HAVE BEEN LOOKING BUT I
NEED HELP FOR ME AND MY SON.
>>Reporter: SHE HAS BEEN ON
FOOD STAMPS FOR SEVERAL YEARS
AND NEED THEM TO AVOID HEALTHY
FOOD FOR HER BOY.
CUTTING THE PROGRAM BY 25% IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
SHE HAS TO BORROW MONEY FROM
FRIEND AND STAND IN LINE AT
FOOD BANK.
>> MY SON 8 YEARS OLD AND I
HAVE TO GO TO THIS JUST TO GET
A BOX OF CEREAL.
JUG OF MILK.
I HAVE 2 JEANS PACK OF MEAT IN
MY FREEZER.
HARD TO TRECH TO THE FIRST.
>>Reporter: SHE'S FAR FROM
ALONE.
EVERYONE AT THE FOOD STAMP
OFFICE RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FAMILY TELLS ME THE SAME THING.
DONALD CAN'T WORK BECAUSE OF A
DISABILITY.
HE SAYS FOOD STAMPS ARE HOW HE
GETS BY FOR NOW.
BUT ADMITS THERE'S A LOT OF
WASTE AND SAYS SOMETHING NEEDS
TO BE DONE.
>> I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO
MUCH ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTE
BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY TOO
MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DO.
>>Reporter: SHE SAYS HER KID
WOULD BE THE ONES TO SUFFER IF
THE CUTS GO TLICHLT CHILDREN
NEED THAT SERVICE.
>>Reporter: WOULD IT HURT YOUR
KID.
>> YES THEY WOULD BE HURT.
PISHTION AS PROPOSAL THAT COULD
BE RELEASED TOMORROW.
I TALKED TO SEVERAL
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS IN OUR
AREA.
CONGRESSMAN RUTHERFORD
BASICALLY SAYS THIS IS JUST A
GUIDELINE AND SOMETHING TO WORK
WITH BECAUSE HE SAID SOMETHING
HAS TO BE DONE TO GO AFTER THE
CHEATERS AND THOSE FRAUDING THE
SYSTEM.
BUT CONGRESSMAN LAWSON SAYS
THAT 1 IN 4 PEOPLE IN HIS
DISTRICT HAVE BEEN ON FOOD
STAMPS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
AND HE SAYS THIS PROPOSED CUT
IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE.
