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Extra SNAP Benefits Set to Expire for Millions Across 32 States, Including New York and New Jersey

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Residents of 32 states who rely on federal assistance to buy food are about to see their benefits shrink at the end of the month.

An emergency increase to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) was approved at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. For most recipients, that increase amounted to an extra $95 monthly over the past three years.

Starting March 1, those emergency COVID-era benefits will end across all states.

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  • Reader

    With the inflation on grocery’s this wasn’t extra this had to be kept as permanent with a dozen eggs costing $6.00 it’s getting impossible to put food on the table.