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Federal law is expanding SNAP benefits for people who need food

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

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The U.S. government spends over 74 billion on its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to provide millions of Americans with the means to purchase food. Beneficiaries use an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to transfer their government benefits from a Federal account to a retailer account. The funds on an EBT card cannot be sold for cash or used to purchase nonfood items. The average SNAP benefit is about284 per month. Suppose that, in the absence of SNAP, the average consumer