In 2022, one in eight Americans, or more than 41 million people, received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Over the last three years, these benefits have essentially been supercharged. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Congress pushed for their expansion as the nation faced tremendous uncertainty over both the economy and grocery supply chain.
As of Wednesday, however, these expanded monthly benefits were officially cut by an average of $90 per recipient. It's a development that pushes the country as a whole toward a looming "hunger cliff," according to food insecurity experts.
