elizabeth-cooper t1_j15dsfv wrote on December 21, 2022 at 8:05 PM

Reply to comment by skydream416 in Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens by Lilyo

You can already apply for SNAP online. They just don't force people to go that route.

Updating the form to be less crappy looking, which would make things easier for people filling it out and doing the data entry would be extremely easy and would speed up the inputting.

skydream416 t1_j15f4my wrote on December 21, 2022 at 8:14 PM

idk that sounds like we're abstracting away from the goal of increasing program coverage and application throughput. I'm assuming there's literally 0 money, but if there was money i'd say it should be spent on 1) hiring more application processors, whatever that means and 2) aggressively marketing the program in areas where SNAP currently has the highest usage. And cutting as much red tape in the process as possible though it already sounds pretty simple (just an application + an interview --> decision?)