Thousands Of Massachusetts Families To Lose $150 A Month As Pandemic SNAP Benefits End

With grocery store prices rising, some families who've been relying on the boost don't know what they'll do when it ends.

Posted Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 5:08 pm ET

March 1, 2023

A pandemic-era extra food stamp benefit is about to end for thousands of families in Massachusetts.

The COVID-19 era boosted payments to the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will end March 2 in Massachusetts.

With grocery store prices rising, some families who've been relying on the boost don't know what they'll do when it ends.

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