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   Biden administration reverses Trump decision, will provide $1 billion a month more in emergency food assistance.
   Washington Post (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 79% • 4 min read
   

   In two lawsuits, plaintiffs argued that President Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary, Sonny Perdue, misinterpreted a section of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act in a way that denied millions of Americans access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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   Starting this month, households that had not received at least $95 per month in increased benefits through emergency allotments during the pandemic — because they were already at or close to receiving the current maximum benefit — will now be eligible to receive additional benefits.
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   Despite a promising rebound in the labor market last month, Ellen Vollinger, legal director for Food Research and Action Center, a public policy nonprofit, said it is important to compare unemployment now to February 2020, before the pandemic took hold: “The ranks of long-term jobless is significant — they are now 40 percent of the officially unemployed. That is stunning, and the economic situation they are in is more dire.”

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   Estimated 25 million to see boost in federal food benefits.
   Washington Times (Moderate Right) • Credibility Grade 60% • 2 min read

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   How are safety net programs like unemployment insurance, snap, and Medicaid helping the response to the coronavirus pandemic? (2020)
   Peterson Foundation (Center) • Credibility Grade 78% • 8 min read

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