{"id":44846,"date":"2023-12-12T13:34:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/?p=44846"},"modified":"2023-12-18T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T22:18:04","slug":"the-power-of-snap-calfresh-emergency-allotments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/es\/blog\/the-power-of-snap-calfresh-emergency-allotments\/","title":{"rendered":"El impacto de las asignaciones de emergencia de CalFresh (SNAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> took hold, what started as a health crisis quickly became an economic and hunger catastrophe. With schools shuttered, layoffs rippling through our communities, and the entire state coming to a standstill, millions of Californians found themselves without a way to put food on the table. Within days of stay-at-home orders being enacted, food banks were setting up new and expanded programs to respond to an unprecedented demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While CAFB worked closely with the state to get food boxes on the road, Congress, under Speaker Pelosi\u2019s leadership, acted immediately to pass the Ley de respuesta al coronavirus de Families First<\/a>, allowing states to issue \u201cEmergency Allotments (EAs)<\/a>\u201d that increased SNAP \/ CalFresh benefits up to the maximum benefit level for a household size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

California moved quickly to implement CalFresh EAs starting in March 2020<\/a>, and subsequently every month until March 2023 when they ended Federally \u2013 benefitting more than 3 million households. In 2021 alone, EAs helped Californians purchase 1.32 billion meals<\/a>, or approximately 14% of the meals provided through all public and private food assistance programs in the state combined. Over the course of three years, EAs totaled approximately $14 billion in federally funded food benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team at the California Association of Food Banks wanted to truly understand the impact of  EAs on Californians as well as the impact of their subsequent end. We conducted a mixed-methods study to find out and published a policy brief summarizing the findings and calling for proven solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s What We Learned<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
EAs Substantially Boosted CalFresh Benefits for All Households<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In February 2023, CalFresh households received around $180 in EAs on average. The larger the household, the more in EAs they received. Of households enrolled in CalFresh that were already at the maximum benefit level for their household size received an EA of $95 per month. All other households received EAs equivalent to the amount needed to bring them to the maximum (or $95, whichever was more). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key Findings on the impacts of EAs<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n