(AP) — The state of Hawaiʻi says people haven’t been completing the paperwork they need to continue receiving food stamps, raising concerns that thousands may be unintentionally cut off from public assistance. The federal government dropped its normal requirement that people on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, do an eligibility review and a six-month review during the pandemic. But it lifted the waiver this month. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the state Department of Human Services sent 2,200 letters for the six-month review last month, but only 700 were returned. It sent 15,000 eligibility review letters, but only 7,000 were returned.

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