The debt ceiling deal approved last week and signed by the president includes increased work requirements for 3SquaresVT recipients, also known as SNAP. Darren Perron spoke with Ivy Enoch, the food security advocacy manager with Hunger Free Vermont about what the changes may mean for folks who depend on the benefits.
Food organizers are straining to fill the void that federal cuts are leaving. “We re all sort of bracing for what that impact might be,” one food shelf organizer said.
During the pandemic, something sort of miraculous happened with the largest food assistance program in the country: It worked. For a lot of people, for the first time, the government provided meaningful funds to purchase food. By April though, emergency funding for SNAP benefits will end.
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