![]() ![]() It's so important that you have a supportive person that kind of can you know, hold your hand through the process. I mean, there's just so many things and you know, when you have so much going against you and you don't even know like, where to go. It could be as simple as needing a driver's license or a birth certificate so that they can apply for benefits or so they can get access to health care. And also there could be just the one smallest, yet daunting task that somebody needs to take to pass through something that they're going through. NEUBAUER: The top three things that our clients need assistance with our rental assistance, utility assistance and child care. And we've got wonderful partners, like those that are here today, that are helping to do that work. And we're basically are telling folks right now that if you are losing access to those emergency allotments, go to the food bank, that's what the food banks are here to do … is to make sure that we provide the support that's necessary in the community to make sure that everybody has access to enough food. The state has done a lot of things to try to make sure that they mitigate that impact as much as they could. And so we started meeting in early January to talk about what these cuts would look like. ![]() Now, it was about, it was late December when these cuts were announced, when they got passed through the consolidated budget act for 2023 funding, and the rest of the federal budget for this year. And so both Three Square Food Bank, as well as our sister food bank in the north, Food Bank of Northern Nevada, we've been in talks with the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services since early January. WHALEY: The state's Division of Welfare and Supportive Services is the one that oversees SNAP. KNPR From L to R: Regis Whaley, Marcia Blake, Nicholas Barr and Brooke Neubauer with State of Nevada host Joe Schoenmann on March 9, 2023. He joins State of Nevada host Joe Schoenmann along with Brooke Neubauer, the CEO and founder of The Just One Project Marcia Blake, the executive director for Helping Hands of Vegas Valley and Nicholas Barr, an assistant professor in the UNLV department of social work. Joining us is Regis Whaley, the director of advocacy and research for Three Square Food Bank. The question is, with higher prices for inflation, and because SNAP recipients have worked those extra dollars into their budgets, how will this change impact families near the poverty line? Will it sink more people into poverty as the SNAP increases reportedly decreased poverty by 10% nationwide? And because of that, payments to households with older adults will decline to about $76 per month households with children will fall to about $350 a month. Now, what happened during the pandemic is that when people lost jobs, SNAP benefits were increased.īut as of March 1, that extra SNAP money disappeared. See more: The State With The Most Food Insecurity During COVID-19
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