AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott at the moment introduced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is offering greater than $317.9 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) meals advantages for the month of May.
The allotments are anticipated to assist about 1.6 million Texas households.
“The extension of emergency SNAP benefits for May will help ensure that families can put nutritious food on their tables,” mentioned Governor Abbott. “We are grateful to HHSC and USDA for the continued effort to provide support for families across Texas.”
“I’m proud that HHSC is able to give a helping hand to Texas families in need,” mentioned Texas HHS Access and Eligibility Services Deputy Executive Commissioner Wayne Salter. “This gives Texans access to fresh produce and other healthy foods to provide nutritious meals for their families.”
HHSC acquired federal approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase the utmost, allowable quantity of SNAP advantages to recipients based mostly on household measurement, and all SNAP households will obtain a minimal of $95 in emergency allotments.
This extra emergency allotment ought to seem in recipients’ accounts by May 31.
The emergency May allotments are along with the greater than $6.7 billion in advantages beforehand offered to Texans since April 2020.
Administered by HHSC, SNAP is a federal program that gives meals help to eligible low-income households and people in Texas.
Texans in want can apply for advantages, together with SNAP and Medicaid, at YourTexasBenefits.com or use the Your Texas Benefits cellular app to handle their advantages.