Kansas Reflector: USDA pauses request for personal data of SNAP recipients while lawsuit proceeds

Kansas Department for Children and Families officials received a letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in early May demanding personal information about SNAP recipients in the state. DCF refused to send the data, stating, “At this time, we are unsure as to the reason for the USDA’s request.” 

A motion for a temporary restraining order was filed May 27 by counsel for the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, the National Student Legal Defense Network, Protect Democracy Project, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. The same group also filed the lawsuit challenging USDA’s access to the protected information, a news release said. 

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