By: Rachel Ravina, The Reporter
Pennsylvania’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s, known as SNAP, is no longer providing the emergency allotment benefits tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. The extra food stamps benefit expired at the end of last month, and pantries are already seeing the increased need.
“We are facing a food insecurity tsunami. Increased need is to be expected. It’s sort of a one, two, three punch. First it was the pandemic, then it was inflation, now it’s SNAP reduction,” said Sheldon Good, director of development and strategic direction at Manna on Main Street.
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