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SNAP benefits increase by $2B a month with emergency increase

04/22/20 12:06 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Agriculture Department coronavirus covid-19 food stamps pandemic SNAP Sonny Perdue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program usda
Participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are now getting emergency benefit increases totaling $2 billion a month nationwide that Congress authorized to address the unemployment surge and economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 crisis. 
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