About 290,000 residents will see a drop in their SNAP benefits in March as national COVID-related emergency declarations wind down.
The San Antonio Food Bank expects to see increased demand now that an estimated 127,600 households in Bexar County will no longer receive pandemic-related food benefits.For the past year and a half, 76-year-old Rose Neely has relied on an extra $150 in federal food benefits. Now that those pandemic-era benefits have ended, the retired teacher worries how she’ll fill her pantry.
Under the pandemic-era program, Neely, who lives alone, said the extra $150 a month brought her total SNAP benefits up to about $300. A recent increase in her Social Security income decreased her SNAP benefits by $40. Now that her emergency allotment of $150 has ended, she said she’ll be left with about $110 to spend on food each month.
“We think people are going to be hungry again,” Cooper said, adding that record food inflation is already hurting people who live paycheck to paycheck. “We expect people will be turning to food banks and other sources, but there’s no question, it’s going to be hard for people.” At the San Antonio Food Bank, Melanie McGuire, chief program officer for the nonprofit, said they’ve seen a 15% increase in people seeking services since last fall.
McGuire said the food bank is helping families dealing not just with food insecurity, but also its root causes, including housing instability, a lack of education or good-paying jobs and transportation challenges.SNAP is the first federal benefit cut as the result of the end of the public health emergency. Starting March 31, continuous Medicaid enrollment will stop. that kept people on Medicaid rolls without having to re-apply.
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