A recent report found an increasing number of households surveyed received food benefits since the beginning of this year.
Morning Consult released data Friday obtained by NBC News that included that 47% of the households that earned less than $50,000 annually received food benefits in May, compared to 39% in February. That was the last month before 35 states ended the pandemic-era Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program allotment of an extra $95.
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In a separate report, 2,000 were surveyed and self-reported their food insecurity.
“Food insecurity climbed higher amid stubbornly high food inflation, with a particularly steep increase of 9 points among those with children under 18 living at home, from 18% in April to 27% in May,” a Morning Consult report from earlier this month read.
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This report comes as the consumer price index reported a 6.7% increase in overall food for the 12 months ending in May after seeing two slight consecutive decreases in April and March. Food at home increased by 5.8%.
Meanwhile, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) introduced the Opt for Health with SNAP Act in their respective bodies last week. The bill would strengthen the government’s Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program by allocating more funds to the SNAP benefits program, adding up to $3.5 billion over the course of five years and eliminating the state matching requirement.
