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Around 42 million people nationwide receive SNAP benefits, which help low- and no-income households with the cost of groceries.
Rolling out over next year, the changes will affect hundreds of thousands of Oregonians, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services.
Delaware households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will see larger monthly benefits starting tomorrow, Oct. 1, under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual cost-of-living update.
In fact, this marks the third consecutive year that federal recalibrations have lowered SNAP benefits for the islands, intensifying worries in a state where groceries are among the most expensive in the country.