Health Affairs October 1, 2024
Abstract
In response to economic distress and food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress expanded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by introducing emergency allotments to increase monthly benefits, starting in March 2020. In March 2023, emergency allotments expired in the thirty-five states and territories still offering them. We provide some of the first evidence of the impacts of this loss of nutrition support—in some cases, more than $250 a month—for economically disadvantaged households. Our quasi-experimental study examined the effects of the program’s expiration on food insufficiency, mental health, and financial well-being, using data...
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