Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Minnesota food shelves brace for growing need as emergency SNAP benefits end

More than 400,000 Minnesotans benefited when Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in March 2020, which bumped up federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to low-income individuals and families. That $1.3 billion boost to Minnesotans' SNAP benefits is ending at a time when inflation has caused the price of groceries to soar, leaving many Minnesotans to figure out how to feed their families with less. 

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