The end of February brings the end of the extra emergency SNAP food allotments to families that the federal government put in during the pandemic.
This program allowed states to give each family the maximum allotment of monthly food benefits for their household size. Families and individual recipients who were already at the maximum amount got an extra $95 per month.
Now, the loss of those extra food stamps will mean an average of $171 fewer per month for households.
Inflation brings jump in demand at local food banks
Babs Roberts with the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) said with record inflation hitting in the last year,
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