SNAP

The federally funded Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer program was created to support families who count on free and reduced-cost lunch programs when schools went virtual in 2020. The program ends with the current school year.

SNAP benefits expanded following the pandemic as many people lost their jobs and needed extra assistance. Now that the expansion has expired as of March 1, some people are looking for other ways to afford food.

Low-income families in Ohio have been receiving additional food stamp benefits for the last two years. Food banks across the state expect a surge as the federal pandemic aid ends.

Cuyahoga County Job and Family Services is scrambling to ensure victims of fraud have enough food for the holiday.

Several Ohio food access advocacy groups got together in Columbus at the Mid-Ohio Food Collective on Thursday to discuss priorities on how to address food insecurity in the state in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill.

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The everyday "hassles" people in need face that create difficult and often unattainable hoops to jump through when seeking government assistance. Officials say these are necessary to root out fraud and ensure assistance to those that need it most but researchers say otherwise.

Low-income Ohioans who rely on food stamps will soon find it a little easier to feed their families.

Giant Eagle is shifting one Akron-area location to focus entirely on delivery and curbside pickup, to meet increasing demand and maintain social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak. The move will allow the store, located in Cuyahoga Falls on Howe Avenue, to take on a majority of the area’s delivery orders, said spokesperson Jannah Jablonowski. That will free up other resources for nearby locations, Jablonowski said.

Food stamp recipients in Ohio won’t need to worry about renewals for their benefits — at least not for the next few months. The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week issued a waiver to the state allowing an extension for select benefit recertifications and renewals. Any Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients whose benefits are set to expire in March, April or May of 2020 won’t need to seek recertification until six months later.