Since March 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been approving Extra food stamps benefits to be distributed to states in response to the COVID-19 emergency. One of the questions we often get is this: Are we getting extra food stamps this month? In this post, we will answer the question, including providing a list of states that are approved for extra food stamps for January 2023.
Additionally, we will provide information on whether extra food stamps will be issued next month for February 2023.
Also, some states have decided to cut back or completely stop issuing extra food stamps benefits. We will provide a list of these states.
Lastly, we will update you on how long the extra food stamps benefits will last and when the USDA will stop issuing them.
Yes, as of January 1, 2023, 26 states and U.S. territories, including California, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Michigan, and Illinois have been approved by the USDA to issue extra food stamps benefits for January 2023.
However, it is important to note that this list will continue to grow as more states are approved by the USDA to issue extra SNAP for January.
Also, it is safe to assume that almost all the states that issued extra SNAP benefits in December will issue benefits in January. See below for the December list.
Check with your state’s food stamps agency for a date on when benefits will be deposited on EBT cards in your state.
Here’s the list of 35 states and territories that issued extra food stamps benefits in December:
Yes, extra food stamps benefits will be issued in February 2023.
The current COVID public health emergency was supposed to end on January 11, 2023.
However, indications are that the Biden Administration will extend the Public Health Emergency (PHE) until mid-April 2023.
Additionally, the administration has promised to give the states a 60-day notice before ending the emergency declaration.
Therefore, states that are currently issuing extra SNAP benefits will be expected to issue benefits in February 2023.
However, extra SNAP benefits have been cut back or completely stopped in 16 states.
They include Wyoming, Kentucky, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Tennessee.
The HHS has promised states a 60 days advance notice before the COVID-19 emergency declaration is ended.
This means that it is reasonable to expect that extra SNAP benefits will be issued through April 2023 at least.
With this extension, the federal declaration will end in April, unless it is extended again.
However, we will not know the definite end date of the extra SNAP program until we get the 60-day notice from the HHS.
Here’s the bottom line:
First, about 26 states and territories have so far been approved to issue extra SNAP benefits for January 2023, at the time of writing this article.
Additionally, there is a great chance that all 35 states and territories that issued extra benefits in December will issue extra SNAP benefits in January 2023.
Also, 16 states have either cut back on their extra SNAP program or completely eliminated it.
Furthermore, the extra SNAP benefits program will probably last through April 2023.
Lastly, if you have not received your extra SNAP benefits and your state has been approved to issue benefits for December 2022, contact your state’s food stamps agency.
We hope this post on the question – “Are we getting extra food stamps this month?” was helpful.
If you have further questions about Food Stamps or EBT Card, please let us know in the comments section below.
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