LINCOLN — Nebraska is improving how it handles food assistance programs
The USDA says AccessNebraska ranks 32nd in the timliness of handling food stamp applications for the first half of 2015. That’s an improvement from 39th last year and 52nd in 2013.
Last month, the average time for processing an application was 11.5 days.Compare that to November 2014 when the wait time was 40.9 days.