About 25 million Americans will be eligible for more money in food assistance under a new policy adopted by Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration.
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About 25 million Americans will be eligible for more money in food assistance under a new policy adopted by Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration. The change announced late Thursday also came after the United States Department of Agriculture reached a settlement with two California plaintiffs who sued last year after they were blocked from accessing increased benefits approved by Congress due to the coronavirus pandemic. It could mean increased monthly benefits for roughly 1 million Californians. “This is a real increase in people’s benefits that’s going to make it a little easier to keep food on the table,” said Lindsay Nako, director of litigation and training at the Impact Fund, which represented the California plaintiffs alongside the Western Center on Law & Poverty. Congress approved emergency benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, sometimes called food stamps, after the coronavirus hit last March.
