Snap Benefits Heading To Thousands Of Oklahoma Families

By Jordan GreenStaff writerjgreen@oklahoman.comThe Oklahoma Department of Human Services and the State Department of Education have established a new program to provide extra food benefits to families with children who would have received free or reduced-price meals at school in the spring.DHS officials said the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer program was created to distribute food benefits to families that did not receive them during the 44-day period when public schools closed at the end of the 2019-2020 school year in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Officials say the program will give $35.9 million to 80,158 Oklahoma homes enrolled in the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP.

 

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