{"id":257849,"date":"2026-05-28T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/florida-budget-considers-ai-for-snap-eligibility\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:15:18","slug":"florida-budget-considers-ai-for-snap-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/florida-budget-considers-ai-for-snap-eligibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida budget considers AI for SNAP eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/28\/florida-budget-considers-ai-for-snap-eligibility\/\">Florida budget considers AI for SNAP eligibility<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/28\/florida-budget-considers-ai-for-snap-eligibility\/\">https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/28\/florida-budget-considers-ai-for-snap-eligibility\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-28 11:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.clickorlando.com\">www.clickorlando.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>ORLANDO, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 Florida is considering a $4 million investment in artificial intelligence to help determine who qualifies for food assistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A provision tucked into the state budget would direct the Department of Children and Families to competitively procure a vendor capable of using machine learning to analyze Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, eligibility determinations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The goal: reduce errors \u2014 and the state\u2019s financial liability for making them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The selected vendor would be expected to identify and correct erroneous determinations, pinpoint root causes, and recommend operational improvements to prevent future mistakes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The department would need to complete procurement by Sept. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[RELATED: New Florida SNAP rules take effect. Here\u2019s what you can no longer buy]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">News 6 asked Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019s office if he supports the provision \u2014 or plans to line-item veto it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cStay tuned,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/28\/florida-budget-considers-ai-for-snap-eligibility\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida budget considers AI for SNAP eligibility https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/florida\/2026\/05\/28\/florida-budget-considers-ai-for-snap-eligibility\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-28 11:00:00 Source Domain: www.clickorlando.com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/graham-media-group\/image\/upload\/f_auto\/q_auto\/c_thumb,w_700\/v1\/media\/gmg\/OAYCNRZZRZHKFEGXVPU4JZRRMA.jpg?_a=DATAg1fkZAA0","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257851,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257849\/revisions\/257851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}