(1) The department shall place into operation in each of the several counties of the state a food assistance program as authorized by the Congress of the United States. The department is designated as the state agency responsible for the administration and operation of such programs.
(2) The department shall provide for such instruction and counseling as will best assure that the recipients are able to provide a nutritionally adequate diet through the increased purchasing power received. This program shall be administered and operated in such a way that the distribution of food assistance shall be in locations reasonably accessible to those areas in which persons eligible for the benefit of this program are likely to be concentrated.
History.—s. 1, ch. 69-268; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-201; s. 1, ch. 70-255; ss. 1, 2, ch. 72-298; s. 33, ch. 96-175; s. 24, ch. 2010-209.
Note.—Former s. 409.275.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 414 - Family Self-Sufficiency
414.035 - Authorized Expenditures.
414.045 - Cash Assistance Program.
414.065 - Noncompliance With Work Requirements.
414.0652 - Drug Screening for Applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
414.0655 - Medical Incapacity Due to Substance Abuse or Mental Health Impairment.
414.075 - Resource Eligibility Standards.
414.085 - Income Eligibility Standards.
414.095 - Determining Eligibility for Temporary Cash Assistance.
414.105 - Time Limitations of Temporary Cash Assistance.
414.106 - Exemption From Public Meetings Law.
414.122 - Withholding of Payments Based on Evidence of Fraud.
414.14 - Public Assistance Policy Simplification.
414.157 - Diversion Program for Victims of Domestic Violence.
414.158 - Diversion Program to Prevent or Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect.
414.1599 - Diversion Programs; Determination of Need.
414.161 - Homelessness Prevention Grants.
414.175 - Review of Existing Waivers.
414.24 - Integrated Welfare Reform and Child Welfare Services.
414.26 - Court-Appointed Guardian Unnecessary.
414.27 - Temporary Cash Assistance; Payment on Death.
414.28 - Public Assistance Payments to Constitute Debt of Recipient.
414.295 - Temporary Cash Assistance Programs; Public Records Exemption.
414.31 - State Agency for Administering Federal Food Assistance Program.
414.32 - Prohibitions and Restrictions With Respect to Food Assistance Program.
414.33 - Violations of Food Assistance Program.
414.36 - Public Assistance Overpayment Recovery Program; Contracts.
414.391 - Automated Fingerprint Imaging.
414.392 - Applicant Screening.
414.40 - Stop Inmate Fraud Program Established; Guidelines.
414.41 - Recovery of Payments Made Due to Mistake or Fraud.
414.411 - Public Assistance Fraud.
414.42 - Cause for Employee Dismissal.
414.455 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Legislative Authorization.
414.456 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Transactions in Fresh Produce Markets.