Thursday, April 25, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
Many St. Lawrence County residents receiving SNAP and pandemic EBT will soon get increases in their benefits. An estimated 29 million adults and at least eight million children nationwide are …
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Many St. Lawrence County residents receiving SNAP and pandemic EBT will soon get increases in their benefits.
An estimated 29 million adults and at least eight million children nationwide are experiencing food insecurity because of the pandemic.
On Friday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the Agriculture Department to allow states to increase SNAP benefits to the lowest-income recipients, and to raise emergency benefits for families whose children would normally be getting free meals at school by 15%.
Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America, said the order should benefit at least three million New Yorkers.
