SNAP

The money will go to organizations and churches running food banks and food pantries across the state.

The ongoing federal government shutdown is putting crucial food programs – and families that rely on them – at risk.

Roughly 28,000 Wyomingites receive SNAP benefits each month, with an average payment of about $185 per person.

Next October, states will take on 75% of the price tag of processing benefits and figuring out eligibility. The federal government and states previously split those administrative costs 50-50.

The federally-run and state-administered program has created learning opportunities for low-income folks in the Cowboy State for over three decades.

The nonprofit is also partnering with the Cent$ible Nutrition Program to help people get more familiar with the ingredient.

SNAP recipients will only receive their regular issuances beginning in May after two years of expanded benefits due to the pandemic. The Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) is working with local communities to publicize their other assistance programs, which include rental, food, and childcare subsidies for those who qualify.

The move is not enough to ease widening disparities in certain parts of the region, resort towns in particular, where service workers comprise the backbone of the economy as a constant stream of tourists and wealthy second-home owners drive up the cost of living.

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