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Florida SNAP error penalty: State faces $1 billion federal fine over food aid

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State officials in Florida are racing against a federal deadline to overhaul how food assistance applications are handled or risk losing nearly $1 billion in federal funding.Florida is struggling with widespread bureaucratic errors within its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP. Federal data shows the state has an error rate of nearly 13%,…