A family of four using food stamps can expect to get $36 less each month starting Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
Laura Lester, spokeswoman for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, says less SNAP funding will drive more people to charity centers.
“We know where these folks will go,” Lester says. “The congregations and the communities that serve them and try to help them with emergency food situations have already been stretched to the limit, so this prospect is somewhat terrifying.”
The change comes from the expiration of a funding boost to the SNAP program that was in the 2009 Federal Stimulus Bill. SNAP covers about 1.9 million people in Georgia, an increase of about 890,000 since the bill was enacted.
via Food Stamp Users To See Benefits Cut | WABE 90.1 FM.
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