USDA Announces Increase In SNAP Benefits
USDA released a re-evaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan, used to calculate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. As a result, the average SNAP benefits — excluding additional funds provided as part of pandemic relief — will increase for the fiscal year 2022 beginning on Oct. 1, 2021.
As directed by Congress in the 2018 …