Nearly 30 million Americans who got extra government help with grocery bills during the pandemic will soon see that aid shrink - and there's a big push to make sure they're not surprised.
Officials in 32 states and other jurisdictions have been using texts, voicemails, snail mail, flyers and social media posts - all in multiple languages - to let recipients know that their extra food stamps end after February's payments.
"We want to make sure our clients are prepared for this change, as we realize inflation is affecting all of us," said Lewis Roubal with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. But 18 states have already rolled back payments for more than 10 million people and Congress decided to end the program early, trading the extra benefits for a new permanent program that provides extra money to low-income families to replace school meals during the summer.
In most such cases, purchasing power should hold steady, said Stacy Dean, USDA deputy undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. Shelley Boyd, 45, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, expects to make more trips to her local food pantry starting next month. She and her fiancé and teenage son started getting food stamps last year after both adults lost their jobs and unemployment benefits ran out. The family receives about $630 per month. They expect to lose about $95, if not more.
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