#shorts On 2/27/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “on the boosted SNAP benefits that are going to expire this week, what’s the administration’s message to the Americans who are going to really feel the brunt of this once these expire?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, as you know, Karen, Con- — as you just mentioned, Congress made the decision back in December to allow pandemic-era benefits to expire next month … as a reminder, USDA updated the Thirty Food Plan, resulting in SNAP benefits increasing by an average of $36.30 per person per month, beginning October 2021. This SNAP benefit increase lifted — increase lifted an estimate 2.3 million people out of poverty, including nearly 1 million children, with an average of — with, I should say, an even greater impact on children of color

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/ZvPQ8sTt7EI
SNAP benefit increase lifted 2.3M people out of poverty, SNAP benefits ending more children of color poor