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House panel recommends food aid investments as SNAP terminations loom
Summary
The committee recommended $2 million to the Vermont Food Bank and supported related recommendations for Vermonters Feeding Vermonters and emergency food distribution; members linked the ask to expected SNAP (3Squares) terminations beginning March 1.
The House Human Services committee recommended support for emergency food funding as officials said thousands of households face potential SNAP benefit termination under federal paperwork changes.
Speaker 2 reported the committee’s Friday straw poll supported a $2,000,000 recommendation for the Vermont Food Bank to purchase food for statewide distribution. The…
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