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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Washington, D.C., April 22, 2020)</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> –Today, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced emergency benefit increases have reached
$2.0 billion per month for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households across all 50 states and 3 territories to increase food security during the coronavirus national emergency. These emergency benefits represent a 40% increase in overall
monthly SNAP benefits, significantly increasing food purchasing power for American families.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“These are unprecedented times for American families who are facing joblessness and hunger. USDA is providing a 40% increase in SNAP benefits to ensure that low-income individuals have enough food to feed themselves
and their families during this national emergency,” said Secretary Perdue. “President Trump is taking care of America’s working-class families who have been hit hard with economic distress due to the coronavirus. Ensuring all households receive the maximum
allowable SNAP benefit is an important part of President Trump’s whole of America response to the coronavirus.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Background:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently, a household with two adults, 3 children, and no income can receive the maximum benefit of $768. However, due to reportable income and other factors, the average 5-person household receives significantly
less, $528. These emergency benefits would provide the average 5-person household an additional $240 monthly in food purchasing power, bringing the average household up to the same benefit level as households already receiving the maximum.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed into law by President Trump, provided for the issuance of emergency allotments in response to COVID-19. Across the United States, emergency allotments
total nearly $2 billion per month, which is in addition to approximately $4.5 billion in benefits already provided to SNAP households each month.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All SNAP households that are eligible to receive less than the
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maximum benefit</a> will receive the <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MjIuMjA0OTI4NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mbnMudXNkYS5nb3Yvc25hcC9jb3ZpZC0xOS1lbWVyZ2VuY3ktYWxsb3RtZW50cy1ndWlkYW5jZSJ9.j3i3NoNkA67na2mvyRnxQT14cVQCs6Y5leyGZGXf0KI/br/77705833796-l" target="_blank">
emergency allotment supplement</a> to bring them up to the maximum. By law, SNAP households are not permitted to receive more than the maximum allotment. SNAP emergency allotments allow states to raise benefits to the maximum amount for the household’s size
for up to two months, and USDA is providing additional guidance today to states that want to further extend these emergency allotments month by month as prescribed by the law.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hawaii - approved last Friday - was the final state agency authorized to provide the emergency allotments, which are now authorized in all 50 states, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia.
States could request to provide an emergency allotment for current SNAP households beginning in March. USDA is continuing to work closely with states so that supplements are provided in subsequent months as this public health emergency warrants, as outlined
in FFCRA. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Today’s announcement is the latest in a series of actions that USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service has taken to uphold the USDA’s commitment to “Do Right and Feed Everyone” during this national emergency. Other
actions include:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-- Providing more than 227 million pounds of food – valued at $243 million through
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The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)</a>, with another $850 million available from the FFCRA and Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Stimulus (CARES) Act.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-- Launching <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MjIuMjA0OTI4NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy51c2RhLmdvdi9tZWRpYS9wcmVzcy1yZWxlYXNlcy8yMDIwLzA0LzIwL3VzZGEtYXBwcm92ZXMtcHJvZ3JhbS1mZWVkLWtpZHMtYXJpem9uYS1hbmQtaWxsaW5vaXMifQ.U7-VAx57yFJouLurYTc1K_ex3Wsqmi4GkATKqyVgzg0/br/77705833796-l" target="_blank">
Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT)</a> to provide the value of school breakfast and lunch to families eligible for free and reduce-price lunch;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-- Issuing <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MjIuMjA0OTI4NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mbnMudXNkYS5nb3YvdXNkYS1mb29kcy9jb3ZpZC0xOS1kaXNhc3Rlci1ob3VzZWhvbGQtZGlzdHJpYnV0aW9uIn0.82lspwimcjW-fy5c-XIgSLh23oTbhSRtk5BUbbazAoo/br/77705833796-l" target="_blank">
Disaster Household Distributions</a>, food targeted to meet specific needs when traditional channels of food are unavailable, to 16 States and territories, and 29 tribes;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-- Providing more than <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MjIuMjA0OTI4NjEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy51c2RhLmdvdi9tZWRpYS9wcmVzcy1yZWxlYXNlcy8yMDIwLzAzLzE3L3VzZGEtYW5ub3VuY2VzLWZlZWRpbmctcHJvZ3JhbS1wYXJ0bmVyc2hpcC1yZXNwb25zZS1jb3ZpZC0xOSJ9.fkwpz1NiiGvZDRorOyUZmxOlKtm6KA6JFQ0D0ESvAQM/br/77705833796-l" target="_blank">
one million meals a week</a> to rural children through public-private partnership
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Meals to You</a>;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-- Allowing states to serve free meals to children in all areas across more than
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35,000 feeding sites</a> nation-wide;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-- Maximizing flexibilities, such as
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