Eye-opening reporting by @jeffschweers who tracked down 1 of the 4 people that the DeSantises' Hope Florida program touted as a success story.
It turns out, she's still struggling and still receiving public assistance.
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It turns out, she's still struggling and still receiving public assistance.
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https://twitter.com/jeffschweers/status/1913917222658916552
Celia Fanjul is “featured in the Hope Florida magazine alongside a softly-lit photo of two children hugging a woman.”
“The photo is not of her or her family, however. And her actual encounter with Hope Florida … is very different from the one featured in the online magazine.”
“The photo is not of her or her family, however. And her actual encounter with Hope Florida … is very different from the one featured in the online magazine.”
Three years after turning to Hope, Fanjul "appears to be no better off than she was. She lives with her three youngest daughters in a double-wide mobile home … not working, and she and her children are still on Medicaid ... just as they were three years ago.”
A “Hope Navigator" referred her to 2 groups that help pay electric bills. "But it turned out those groups only helped veterans. She was not a veteran.”
Hope did connect her with a group that helped with day care costs, but Fanjul said the best thing she got was “moral support."
Hope did connect her with a group that helped with day care costs, but Fanjul said the best thing she got was “moral support."
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