In this episode, we sit down for a second time with Maura, a SNAP recipient from Clark County, Ohio to get an update on her experience of being a victim of SNAP Skimming. If you have not listened to our original episode with Maura, listen to our episode titled ‘Stolen at the Checkout: A SNAP Skimming Story’, which was released in January of 2026. A year after we recorded this episode with Maura in February of 2025, we are sitting down with her again to discuss her experience in the last year with SNAP benefit theft, updates to her SNAP case, how her family adjusted through the longest government shutdown in history, and discuss potential policy changes that can protect SNAP beneficiaries from benefit theft. We are so excited to have Maura back on the podcast, and cannot thank her enough for trusting us with her story.

References:

Senate Bill 315 | 136th General Assembly | Ohio Senate 

House Bill 163 | 136th General Assembly | Ohio House of Representatives  

Thieves stole $17M in Ohio food stamp benefits. One change could help  

Federal Government Shutdown - Ohio Association of Foodbanks 

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