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Biden Administration increased Food Stamps benefits more than 25%

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Sienna Stewart
Biden Administration increased Food Stamps benefits more than 25%

The administration of US President Joe Biden is overhauling food stamps and putting in place a permanent increase in grocery benefits. It would provide a 27% bump in aid that marks the biggest-ever increase for the program. The boost came as a temporary increase of 15% and was set to expire next month. The boost will go into effect on 1st October for at least 42 million people currently receiving food stamps. US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a conference call about the changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. The benefits on average will add about $36 per month on a per-person basis to the pre-pandemic level of about $121. Moreover, increasing the benefits will boost the annual cost of the program by about $19 billion Read more...

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