More SNAP participants will receive extra benefits

Recently the Food and Nutrition Service (the agency that manages the SNAP program at the federal level) changed the way they are issuing emergency extra SNAP benefits that have been available throughout the pandemic. 

This means moving forward, Oregon Department of Human Services will now start issuing extra emergency SNAP benefits to:

  • SNAP participants who did not receive them in the past – those that were already at the maximum benefit amount for their household size. These participants will start receiving an additional $95 in benefits. 

And

  • Those who, in the past, only received a small amount (less than $95) of the emergency benefits – these households will get up to $95 (the difference between what they were receiving before and $95).

Along with

  • Continuing to issue extra benefits for all SNAP participants to get to the maximum amount for their household size, as has been the case since early on in the pandemic. Households that currently receive more than $95 in these emergency benefits won’t see a change in the amount they receive. 

This change gets more benefits to SNAP participants who have the lowest incomes. The first issuance of additional benefits for these new groups will be April 30th. This will happen automatically with these benefits being added directly to participants EBT cards. 

Help spread the word and make sure SNAP participants know about this change. We want to make sure folx feel comfortable using these extra benefits for food and that they do not worry that they received an overpayment or were issued benefits by mistake. 

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