ALL SNAP RECIPIENTS FACE BENEFIT CUT IN NOVEMBER

Any cuts Congress makes to SNAP in a new Farm Bill will deepen the benefit cuts that SNAP participants already face on November 1 when the 2009 Recovery Act’s temporary benefit boost ends.  For a family of three, the cut likely will be $20 to $25 a month — or $240 to $300 over 12 months, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates.  Without the Recovery Act’s boost, SNAP benefits average only about $1.30 per person per meal.  Nutrition experts have long held that these levels are inadequate to meet families’ basic food needs.

Source: Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, 5/1/13, SNAP Cuts