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Eighteen states have already halted the additional allotments. At the end of February, the remaining 32 states and Washington, D.C., will follow, putting a financial strain on people already struggling to make ends meet. https://t.co/WQ5jIZp73u — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 4, 2023

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Emergency allotments were never intended to be permanent. They were supposed to last until the federal government declared an end to the Covid public health emergency. But instead, a provision in the government’s omnibus spending bill curtailed the SNAP surplus after February. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 4, 2023

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In the states that have already halted the program, anti-hunger advocates have noticed a rise in hardship among food insecure families and an increase in food bank visits. “The discontinuation of these programs ... couldn’t have come at a worse time,” a food bank CEO says. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 4, 2023