Federal help for food-stamp theft victims is ending – but the problem isn’t.
Congress just let a reimbursement program lapse for victims of electronic benefits theft. An extension didn’t make it into the short-term spending bill that lawmakers passed late Friday to avert a government shutdown.
Now Ohio food stamp, or SNAP, recipients whose accounts are drained by thieves won’t have a way to get that money back. Reimbursement is still available in cases where the theft took place before Dec. 21 if victims apply within the next few months…