At The Food Bank, we serve more than 100,000 neighbors each month in central and northeastern Missouri—children, seniors, working families, and veterans who are doing their best to make ends meet.
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At Southeast Missouri Food Bank, we see firsthand how vital programs like SNAP and Medicaid are to families in our region.
Last week, a majority of the Missouri Senate (18 to 15) passed SB 798 to expand benefits of the food stamp program, SNAP.
Missouri families who receive SNAP with an eligible child under age six will automatically get a one-time Summer P-EBT benefit.
The regular SNAP maximum benefit amount a family of four can receive in September is $782 and starting Oct. 1 that amount increases to $835.
Missouri SNAP benefits include a temporary 15 percent increase through September 30, 2021.
Starting later this summer, the Department of Social Services will take gradual steps to ease Missouri’s return to the regular SNAP/Food Stamp program operation.
DSS received approval from the USDA FNS to suspend recertification interviews for the SNAP or Food Stamp program through June 2021.
For the month of December, Missourians will once more receive the maximum SNAP or Food Stamp benefit amount for their households' size.