February will be the final month of the emergency allotments for SNAP, enacted to help families during the peak of the pandemic.
The Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture says the emergency allotments allowed families to receive the maximum SNAP benefit amount for their household size.
Beginning in March, SNAP households in Louisiana and nationwide will return to their pre-pandemic benefit amount.
The recently passed Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 ends these benefits.
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