August final month for Missouri Pandemic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance benefits
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For the 18th and final month, the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service approved Missouri’s waiver request to provide Pandemic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for August.
Under Pandemic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, each household receives the maximum SNAP amount for their household’s size. Missouri SNAP benefits include a temporary 15 percent increase through Sept. 30. October will be the first month since February 2020 that residents will receive their regular SNAP benefits.
Department of Social Services Acting Director Jennifer Tidball said residents have benefitted from Pandemic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for a year and a half and will still get the temporary additional SNAP increase of 15 percent in September.
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P-SNAP benefits extended through July
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Missouri’s request to provide Pandemic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for the month of July.
Jun. 30 2021 @ 9:05pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Missouri’s request to provide Pandemic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for the month of July.
Under P-SNAP, each household receives the maximum SNAP amount for their household’s size. Missouri SNAP benefits include a temporary 15 percent increase through Sept. 30.
August will be the last month for P-SNAP benefits in Missouri.
The state will also renew re-certification interviews for SNAP benefits in August.
Gov. Parson signs FY2021 supplemental budget bill Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 15 on Thursday, May 13. (Source: Governor Mike Parson/Twitter) By Amber Ruch | May 13, 2021 at 11:32 AM CDT - Updated May 13 at 11:32 AM
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 15 on Thursday, May 13.
The bill will allow for “continued current operations of state government through FY2021.
It totals more than $2.1 billion, including $254.8 million in general revenue, $1.7 billion in federal funds and $116.7 million in other funds.
The supplemental budget bill contains funding for several items, including the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program, Pandemic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Coronavirus Local Governmental Fiscal Recovery Fund.