‘A very dark time’: SNAP cuts leave Michigan families, food banks struggling
Following the sunset of the federal government’s pandemic-related programs like extended unemployment and rental assistance, about 1.3 million Michiganders will receive at least $95 less in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits beginning this month, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
After Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in March 2020, the federal government provided additional SNAP benefits for the next three years before Congress passed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that ended the emergency food allotments for the 32 states that had still been accessing those benefits, including Michigan.