![]() ![]() The move will impact 1.43 million Ohioans. ![]() We do have the food available to meet that need.”Įmergency COVID-19 allotments for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients that began in March 2020 will end Feb. “It’s really hard to conceptualize what the numbers would be. ![]() “We know we will probably see an uptick in customers,” she added. So, we have a larger variety of shelf-stable items.” “We’re fortunate that we’re coming off the holiday giving season. “We try to keep a wide variety of food in stock,” Truesdale said. The operation, working with 112 partner agencies, last month served 17,387 households in Greene, Montgomery and Preble counties, she said. Rubin suspects the end of emergency allotments will lead to a greater reliance on foodbanks, something Truesdale said The Foodbank, Inc. Mail, phone and text messages are all being used, as well as messages on the Ohio Benefits self-service portal and the Ohio JFS website, she said. The state has a variety of methods to notify SNAP households that the emergency funds will be ending, Rubin said. “I think folks have most likely adjusted their monthly spending to account for the temporary help - especially because it’s gone on for so long,” she said. Explore EARLIER: Gas station has plans for Golden Nugget location in Kettering While the emergency allotments were provisional, recipients may have grown to rely on them during the nearly three years they have been distributed, Rubin said. More than $3.5 million in SNAP funds were doled out to Greene County recipients in December with a large share of the money going to Xenia and Fairborn residents, Rubin said. The total amount per month statewide for the emergency SNAP allotments is $129.6 million, he said. The maximum monthly gross income for a family of four to be eligible for SNAP is $3,007, said Bill Teets of Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. SNAP supplements food budgets of needy families to buy “healthy food and move toward self-sufficiency,” according to the U.S. “We’ve been very fortunate that the federal government has continued to reauthorize emergency allotments.” “SNAP is one of the most important and effective anti-hunger programs and is a critical safety net for children, working families, seniors and more,” Niedermier said in an issued statement. The original end date for the emergency funds was last year, according to Montgomery County Job and Family Services Director Michelle Niedermier. Explore RELATED: Ohio grocery store business laying off 44 workers at Kettering location The average emergency allotment in November was $170 in Montgomery County, where $6.86 million was issued to recipients, a human services spokeswoman said in an email. In December, the average SNAP allotment per recipient in Greene County was $368 with the emergency supplement average of $189, she said. “We’re concerned that even though recipients have known all along that this was temporary help, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s still going to be probably shocking when the additional help stops,” Rubin said. ![]() Starting March 1, the average amount that Greene County residents receive in benefits will be cut by more than one-third, said Beth Rubin, the Job and Family Services director there. SNAP has 1.43 million Ohio recipients, including more than 150,000 in Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Warren counties combined, according to the state. ![]()
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