Hochul announces $234 million in additional food assistance for November - Niagara Frontier Publications

Fri, Nov 18th 2022 11:50 am

All SNAP households to person maximum level of nutrient benefits for November

√ Supplemental nutrient benefits expected to proceed done February

Gov. Kathy Hochul connected Friday announced that each New Yorkers enrolled successful the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program volition person the maximum allowable level of nutrient benefits for November. All households participating in SNAP – including those already astatine the maximum level of benefits – volition person a supplemental allotment this month, resulting successful a astir $234 cardinal infusion of national backing into the New York authorities economy.

"SNAP is 1 of our top tools successful addressing nutrient insecurity among New Yorkers, particularly those who are inactive suffering from the economical fallout caused by the pandemic," Hochul said. "These funds volition assistance New Yorkers acquisition healthy, nutritious nutrient for themselves and their families, portion freeing up resources for different household needs.”

The emergency assistance supplement volition beryllium provided to each households, including those that ordinarily person the maximum allowable payment per month, receiving SNAP, a federally funded programme overseen by the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA). Households already adjacent oregon astatine the maximum payment level – $939 for a household of 4 – volition person a supplemental outgo of astatine slightest $95.

SNAP households successful each counties extracurricular of New York City should spot these other benefits station by Wednesday, Nov. 23. Those SNAP households successful the five-county New York City portion should spot their benefits station by Monday, Nov. 28.

OTDA began issuing the emergency supplemental benefits successful April 2020 to those SNAP households receiving little than the maximum monthly payment amount. When New York state's emergency declaration expired successful June 2021, the bureau successfully worked with the national authorities to unafraid the maximum allotment for all SNAP households until the expiration of the national declaration of a nationalist health emergency, which was extended until January and volition alteration OTDA to proceed issuing these benefits done February.

A property merchandise said, “New Yorkers proceed to trust heavy on SNAP, with much than 1.6 cardinal households, including much than 2.8 cardinal New Yorkers, passim the authorities enrolled successful the programme successful September. While SNAP recipients statewide were down slightly compared to August, they were up 2.5% implicit September 2021, highlighting the continuing request for these captious benefits.”

New York State OTDA Commissioner Daniel W. Tietz said, "We are pleased to proceed moving with our national partners to maximize monthly benefits for all SNAP recipients successful New York state. This volition assistance hundreds of thousands of hard-working New Yorkers struggling to enactment nutrient connected the array to support their families steadfast and well-fed."

U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle said, "We person a work to guarantee families are capable to supply for their children and enactment nutrient connected their tables. I admit Gov. Hochul's efforts to interrupt the rhythm of poorness by extending exigency supplemental SNAP benefits to New Yorkers. I look guardant to our continued enactment unneurotic to summation entree to steadfast repast options and fortify the aboriginal of our community."

The property merchandise said, “SNAP plays an important relation successful New York's ongoing economical betterment and has injected much than $2 cardinal into the state's system since January. Every national dollar invested by SNAP generates up to $1.54 successful economical activity, according to a national study quantifying the interaction of SNAP on the U.S. economy.

“These supplemental benefits are besides a captious lifeline for New Yorkers successful need, arsenic astir 14% of the state's colonisation relied on SNAP benefits past year, according to a caller study. More than fractional of recipient households were families with children and astir 48% included an big implicit the property of 55, oregon a idiosyncratic with a disability.”

As with the anterior months, the payments volition beryllium delivered straight to recipients' existing Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) accounts and tin beryllium accessed with their existing EBT cards. Like regular SNAP benefits, the supplemental benefits tin beryllium utilized to acquisition nutrient astatine authorized retail nutrient stores. Any unused SNAP benefits volition automatically transportation implicit to the pursuing month.

Find much accusation connected the emergency supplemental SNAP benefits, including answers to often asked questions, here. New Yorkers funny successful enrolling tin cheque their SNAP eligibility, arsenic good arsenic use online, by visiting mybenefits.ny.gov.