The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a late-night Saturday memo, also threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not comply with the government's new orders.
As someone from poor rural Midwest, I can tell you from first hand experience, that people have usually ran out of food stamps about 3 weeks into the month.
Meaning, most people on snap are waiting for the first to get groceries because they don’t have anything.
And now we are going on week 2 of the month.
So for many. It’s now getting close to 3 weeks without food money.
And with the rising food costs, I wouldn’t be surprised if people are running out of snap money closer to the midpoint of the month.
As someone from poor rural Midwest, I can tell you from first hand experience, that people have usually ran out of food stamps about 3 weeks into the month.
Meaning, most people on snap are waiting for the first to get groceries because they don’t have anything.
And now we are going on week 2 of the month.
So for many. It’s now getting close to 3 weeks without food money.
And with the rising food costs, I wouldn’t be surprised if people are running out of snap money closer to the midpoint of the month.
So for them. It’s been 4 weeks