The emergency allotments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are ending on March 1.
On Wednesday, nearly 30 million Americans who got extra government help with grocery bills during the pandemic, including more than a million in New York State, will see that extra help go away.
For the average recipient, the change will mean about $90 less per month than they have been receiving since the start of the pandemic.SNAP benefits will return to usual levels, which are based largely on a household's income, size and certain expenses, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees SNAP.and expanded a year later.
Originally, the extra benefits were intended to continue as long as the COVID-19 public health emergency was in force. That public health emergency declaration is now set to expire in May, so the extra SNAP assistance is going away.
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