White House OKs big permanent increase in food stamp spending

By Zach Halaschak

Published August 16, 2021 2:34pm ET

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White House OKs big permanent increase in food stamp spending — A supermarket displays stickers indicating it accepts food stamps in West New York, New Jersey, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. | (Seth Wenig/AP)

The Biden administration has signed off on a plan to increase the average value of food stamps by more than 25% in a major revision of nutrition standards.

The White House is set to announce on Monday that the 42 million people who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will see a big increase in how much food they can purchase per month. The change came after Congress ordered a review in 2018 of SNAP’s nutrition assumptions and gave the Agriculture Department four years to do so.

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