SNAP Benefits October 2022 for New Mexico will be resuming with the New Mexico Services Department informing SNAP benefits recipients about the new developments.
The new school year brings the end of universal free meals for many students. In 2020, Congress gave schools waivers to provide free breakfast and lunches regardless of income, but that expired at the start of September. Students and families still can apply for free meals if they meet income thresholds. Elaine Waxman of the Urban Institute joined Lisa Desjardins to discuss.
The director of the nation’s largest network of food banks is seeing support dwindle as need rises: “You’re in the middle of a battle, and people are leaving the field.”
we didn t have a plan in place that would allow us to quickly respond. the problem is the program is set up to try to identify what s going on with individual students, how many days they miss, at what point, and really we need something that makes very general assumptions to get aid out completely. otherwise we re back in that scenario where benefits come months after they are actually needed. families appreciate it when it arrives, but it doesn t meet the primary test of the program which is to provide meals at the time they are needed. elaine waxman, thank you for come on to explain what s happening. when i read, it i found it hard to believe, so thank you to come on and try and help us make some sense of it. talk soap. thanks again, elaine. what happened to lauren smith fields? the 23-year-old that you see on your screen there, she died after a date with the man in a