Perry v. Department of Children & Families

I concur that the petition for mandamus must be denied. I write only to provide an exclamation point to my colleague’s statement that DCF’s letter to Petitioner “is not the model of clarity” (op. at 650). When DCF prepared the mass-mailed written communications directed to the many recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance program (“SNAP”) benefits in Florida notifying those recipients of (1) a new eligibility requirement, and (2) the potential loss of benefits if the new requirement is not fulfilled, DCF was obligated to comply with the “easily understandable language” requirement of…