Is EBT giving extra money?
If you receive SNAP benefits, you will get an extra payment – a SNAP Emergency Allotment (EA) – on your EBT card later this month to help you buy food during the COVID-19 crisis. In response to the pandemic, Congress created extra monthly payments for folks eligible for food stamps back in April 2020.
Is KY giving extra SNAP benefits?
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps low-income people buy food for healthy meals at participating stores. Kentucky SNAP benefits increase household food buying power when added to the household's income. Kentucky SNAP Requirements
What happens after expanded SNAP benefits expire?
The federal benefit programs that have expired include:
- Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)
- Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
- Extended Benefits (EB)
- $300 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC)
- $100 Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation (MEUC)
Will I get extra SNAP benefits?
The EA benefits do not apply to all recipients, but will instead be used to boost the entitlement of households who would not otherwise be eligible to receive the full amount.
How much did the emergency SNAP benefits provide?
The extra money was always conditional - states had to issue an emergency declaration in order to provide the extra funds, and most states did.
Which states will be impacted?
So far, Iowa is the only state to announce a transition back to pre-pandemic benefit levels.
Are states taking any action?
Iowa has declared March will be a transition month, meaning SNAP households will go back to normal benefits in April.
