Expiration of the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Emergency Allotments

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dc.bibliographic.citationhttps://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/expiration-of-the-usda-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap-emergency-allotments/
dc.contributorThirumurthy, Harsha
dc.contributorRoberto, Christina
dc.contributorRichterman, Aaron
dc.contributor.authorRichterman, Aaron; Roberto, Christina; Thirumurthy, Harsha
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-04T17:47:08Z
dc.date.available2024-09-04T17:47:08Z
dc.date.copyright2023
dc.date.issued2023-08-31
dc.description.abstractThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s largest federal nutrition assistance program, providing monthly benefits for food to more than 42 million low-income people.1 SNAP has been proven to lift families from poverty and reduce food insecurity–inconsistent access to an adequate, nutritious diet.2 The COVID-19 pandemic brought U.S. food insecurity to its highest levels in recent history,3 prompting Congress to pass legislation allowing temporary issuance of additional SNAP benefits, called Emergency Allotments, to SNAP recipients. Emergency Allotments increased SNAP benefits substantially, adding an average of $126 to the monthly benefit in the first year and $166 in subsequent years.4 Emergency Allotments ended in March 2023, but 18 states ended them early, when their state public health emergency expired.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/60546
dc.publisherLeonard Davis Institute of Health Ecoomics
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subject.otherPopulation Health
dc.subject.otherNutrition Policy
dc.subject.otherSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
dc.titleExpiration of the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Emergency Allotments
dc.typeBrief
dspace.entity.typePublication
upenn.schoolDepartmentCenterInterdisciplinary Centers, Units and Projects::Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
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