Food Stamps Payment Increase: Because of the effects of inflation, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is adjusted annually to provide Americans with higher benefit amounts; however, a new law may alter the way benefits are determined.
Based on a revised version of the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), the House Committee on Agriculture is considering a new farm bill that would modify the process by which recipients receive increases to their SNAP benefits.
The TFP, which looks at the most practical, wholesome meal prepared at home for a family of four, is the most affordable food plan offered by the US Department of Agriculture. In the past, the TFP was revised using a neutralized market adjustment that took into account dietary guidelines, current food prices, and consumption trends.
Before the passage of the most recent farm bill in 2018, which altered the specific regulations governing it, the TFP had only undergone three revisions: in 1983, 1999, and 2006. Every farm bill that was passed had the TFP as “cost-neutral.”
The issue, though, is how SNAP money will be allocated moving forward. Republicans in control of the House propose freezing SNAP benefits at their current levels and allowing only yearly increases for inflation. The House Agriculture Committee approved this proposal last week.
The Senate, which is run by Democrats, wants to keep changing SNAP benefits so that people who get them get raises every year.
Democrats don’t like the Republican plan because they say it would cut SNAP benefits more than any other time in thirty years, at a time when people need them. On the other hand, Republicans say that SNAP payments are not being stopped.
Food Stamps Payment Increase: Which States will make the payments?
Under the federal government’s new SUN Bucks program, SNAP recipients in several U.S. states who have school-age children will receive additional payments this summer.
According to Marca, families that usually rely on free or reduced-priced school meals will get an additional $120 per child to assist with summertime grocery expenses.
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The following states and territories’ SNAP recipients should anticipate receiving extra payments this summer:
- American Samoa
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Guam
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
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