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For people on benefits, inflation adjustments lag behind
Dec 10, 2021
Social security and SNAP benefits are adjusted every year for inflation. While that tends to be enough in normal years, it's not enough right now.
Joe Manchin is calling for a work requirement for the child tax credit. Would that be effective?
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Janet Nguyen
Oct 20, 2021
The revamped CTC provides a monthly check to families — without requiring an income.
What a $30 monthly increase in food stamps means for recipients
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Janet Nguyen
Aug 17, 2021
The Biden administration is giving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits their largest permanent increase.
Pandemic food benefit expands for qualifying children through summer
Apr 5, 2021
Researchers think this temporary expansion could bring permanent changes to the SNAP program.
The latest pandemic relief measure increases SNAP benefits
Jan 5, 2021
Advocates say the food assistance increase should help reduce food insecurity for households that qualify.
The pandemic economy is changing the way Americans buy groceries
Aug 21, 2020
Now that expanded relief benefits are gone, more people will likely rely on SNAP benefits.
Rising food prices make it harder for families on assistance programs to get by
Aug 12, 2020
With the pandemic, there are now 43 million people signed up for food assistance through SNAP.
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Risk of deepening hunger crisis as SNAP exemption expires
Aug 11, 2020
When the pandemic began, the federal government made it easier for states to approve people for SNAP, but that flexibility is ending this month, raising concerns that more people will go hungry.
Need for food stamps surges with pandemic
Jul 27, 2020
More than six million people signed up for food stamps in just three months, more than in the first 17 months of the Great Recession.
Coronavirus-linked hardship puts pressure on food banks
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Nova Safo
Apr 9, 2020
As millions lose their jobs or suffer furloughs, the demand at food banks is surging.