Food programs that expanded during the pandemic could soon expire despite having demonstrated their ability to combat hunger, especially among children, food security advocates say.
, they now warn that the padded benefit is scheduled to expire at the end of September and are pushing to make it permanent.but complain about the formula that calculates the amount of money hungry Americans get, especially with rising food costs and needs.
"We saw that initial shock at the beginning of the pandemic, but food prices have stayed up," said an author of the study, Elaine Waxman, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute."So that's another reason why those enhanced benefits have been really important given that your dollar doesn't go as far at the grocery store right now."
The push to end hunger — which she called"a moral imperative" — comes down to the policies that Congress can hammer out.
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