Oregonians who receiveSNAP benefits will get an extra payment on top of their usual allotment this month, the state of Oregon said Friday.
The emergency benefits for the 433,000 Oregon households that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments, formerly known as food stamps, will be issued directly onto recipients’ Oregon Trail electronic benefit cards Sept. 13, Sept. 30 or Oct. 4. Recipients do not need to do anything to receive the extra payments, which have been authorized by the federal government throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
“We know that many rely on these additional emergency food benefits to get enough healthy food for themselves and their families,” Jana McLellan, interim director of the Oregon Department of Human Services program that oversees SNAP, said in a news release. “We also know that many Oregonians are still struggling to meet their basic needs.”
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