SNAP

Indiana is part of a national wave of nearly a dozen Republican-led states seeking restrictions in the program.

Paul held a wide-ranging conversation with roughly two dozen Northern Kentucky elected leaders, touching on tariffs, cuts to federal funding, and proposed changes to programs like SNAP, Medicare, and Social Security.

"SUN Bucks," the first new permanent federal nutrition assistance program in over 50 years, gives eligible families $120 per child in school, issued onto an Ohio Direction Card.

The Council on Aging's Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program seeks to help close the gap for low-income seniors.

Some 40 million Americans are affected by the federal unwinding of pandemic-era supplementary assistance.

The extra benefits ended this month in 32 states, including Ohio. Participants might want to reevaluate their eligibility level for SNAP — and consider other assistance programs.

Low-income families in Ohio have been receiving additional food stamp benefits for the last two years. Food banks across the state now expect a surge.

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Commissioners approved the money Thursday in response to the federal government ending a program that gave extra money to SNAP recipients during the pandemic.

The decision to cut these extra benefits was made at the federal level, and Hamilton County Commission President Alicia Reece says cutting these extra funds was a mistake that comes at the wrong time.