In March, as many as 16 million American households have seen a sharp reduction in the size of their SNAP benefits or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program due to the discontinuation of pandemic-era SNAP emergency allotments.
SNAP benefits or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is a form of nutrition benefit given to families struggling to put food on the table. Usually, the benefit is based on its beneficiaries' income and certain expenses.
In Los Angeles, various SNAP benefits scams have become a common case of reporting in February, with some beneficiaries noting that their food stamp money has vanished despite never using their Electronic Benefits Transfer card or EBT card.
SNAP benefits emergency allotments for all recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program across the nation, with lawmakers deciding to scrap the additional $95 the beneficiaries were receiving.
SNAP benefits emergency allotments will be ending come March 2023, with food stamp payments recipients will only receive their regular SNAP benefits amount in their Electronic Benefits Transfer card in the first half of the month.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service announced at the start of the year 2023 that there will be changes in the SNAP benefits recipients would receive.
SNAP benefits program is made to address the food needs of low-income families, with each state coming with its own ways and schedules of distribution of payments.
SNAP benefits in 2023 will be lesser than the food stamp payments recipients received in 2022 despite the cost-of-living adjustment hike due to the end of emergency allotments.
California state officials have issued a warning to SNAP benefits recipients to be wary of CalFresh scam, after the frequency of benefits stolen increased by around 4,000% since 2021.
Several states have announced that they will end the emergency allotments for SNAP benefits payments, which means recipients will return to receiving their normal SNAP benefits amount.
Texas' first SNAP benefits payment in 2023 will soon be distributed to its eligible residents after Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the state's Health and Human Services Commission is issuing more than $344.1 million in emergency SNAP food benefits this month.
The U.S. Agriculture Department's Food and Nutrition Service has adjusted the SNAP benefits payments, its maximum allotments, deductions, and income eligibility standards, with the adjustments applied on October 1, 2022.
The Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture allows qualified stores, including big retailers, to accept SNAP benefits payments.
