{"id":8687,"date":"2016-05-06T15:31:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T22:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=8687"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:02:07","slug":"the-line-state-workers-testify-about-snap-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-state-workers-testify-about-snap-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: State Workers Testify About SNAP Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 6, 2016 &#8211; Several state employees<a href=\"http:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/41731\/employees-say-hsd-asked-them-to-falsify-snap-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> testified<\/a> recently in federal court that they were pressured to change applications for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/snap\/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program<\/a> (SNAP) to keep people from qualifying for expedited food assistance.Host Gene Grant leads a discussion about this ongoing story this week with our Line opinion panelists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H1cFnioEHpU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Line Panelists:<\/em><br \/>\nMerritt Allen, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voxoptima.com\/\">Vox Optima<\/a><br \/>\nDan Foley, former New Mexico house minority whip<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney and editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dukecityfix.com\/\">DukeCityFix.com<\/a><br \/>\nLaura Sanchez-Riv\u00e9t, attorney at Cuddy &amp; McCarthy, LLP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 6, 2016 &#8211; Several state employees testified recently in federal court that they were pressured to change applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to keep people from qualifying for expedited food assistance.Host Gene Grant leads a discussion about this ongoing story this week with our Line opinion panelists. 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