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House Human Services backs Reach Up inflation stipend and urges fuller use of federal SNAP 'bank' months
Summary
The committee recommended a one-time inflation-response stipend for Reach Up participants and urged the Department for Children and Families to use available federal SNAP "units" (about 29,000 month-vouchers) before they return to the federal pool at the next fiscal-year deadline.
Rep. Teresa Wood, chair of the House Human Services Committee, said the committee recommends using underutilized FY25 funds in Reach Up and supporting a federal SNAP bank provision to avoid losing available federal benefit months.
The nut graf: For Reach Up (basic-needs support for caregivers and low-income parents) the committee proposed a one-time inflation-response stipend for current participants and recommended keeping a remainder in the line item to account for caseload volatility. For SNAP (3SquaresVT) the committee urged fuller use of the federal "bank" of roughly 29,000 voucher…
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