SNAP Benefits 2023: Changes To Amounts In 32 U.S. States

32 U.S. states will experience changes to amounts in SNAP Benefits 2023. Read and find out in this article if your state is one of them!

This coming March, 32 of the states in the U.S. are set to discontinue the emergency allotments (EAs) for SNAP Benefits 2023. These changes are expected to affect over 30 million Americans who are part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Among the 32 U.S. states where emergency allotments for SNAP Benefits 2023 will end, California has the most number of recipients who will be affected, at 5.1 million.

According to Picchi, the emergency allotments discontinuing will decrease the amount of SNAP Benefits 2023. This means that a household with 4 people can expect to have their benefits decreased by around $328 per month. The worst decrease of them all can be experienced by elderly Americans who are expected to receive as little as $23 per month.

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States That Will End EAs In March

According to Querry-Thompson, 17 U.S. states that also had emergency allotments have already ended in January. Those states include Wyoming, Tennessee, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Missouri, Mississippi, Kentucky, Iowa, Indiana, Idaho, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Arizona, and Alaska. In addition, in South Carolina, the emergency allotments will end after the January payments for SNAP Benefits 2023 are distributed.

The remaining 32 U.S. states, along with Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, D.C. can expect to have their emergency allotments end in March for the SNAP Benefits 2023. These changes are because of a provision in the Omnibus spending bill in 2023. This bill that prompts the emergency allotments to end in March was signed into law in December 2022.

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