The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) is the largest, most comprehensive food assistance program. SNAP has undergone significant changes since the start of the pandemic - overall, these changes have made it easier to apply for and use SNAP, even for groceries ordered online. However, what it looks and feels like to use SNAP really varies from state to state. Some states have
Key Issues
- Eligibility
- Work requirements
- Applying for SNAP
- Using SNAP
- SNAP versus P-EBT (Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer)
- Programs that increase the value of SNAP for healthy foods
By State or City
Key aspects of
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Gov't action, trending
- H.R.6565 - Emergency Ensuring Access to SNAP (EATS) Act of 2020 (federal)
- H.R.6756 - End Pandemic Hunger for College Students Act of 2020 (federal)
- S.2143 - College Student Hunger Act of 2019 (federal)
- USDA Policy Memo: April 10, 2020 - Denial of Certain Requests to Adjust SNAP Regulations, USDA (federal)
- S.B.173 - CalFresh: Postsecondary student eligibility: workstudy (California)
Gov't action, trending
- H.R.6565 - Emergency Ensuring Access to SNAP (EATS) Act of 2020 (federal)
- H.R.6756 - End Pandemic Hunger for College Students Act of 2020 (federal)
- S.2143 - College Student Hunger Act of 2019 (federal)
- USDA Policy Memo: April 10, 2020 - Denial of Certain Requests to Adjust SNAP Regulations, USDA (federal)
- S.B.173 - CalFresh: Postsecondary student eligibility: workstudy (California)
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