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May 23, 2024

Study Shows More Cabell County Residents Losing SNAP Benefits

Huntington Herald-Dispatch – Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has lifted pauses on SNAP benefit time limits that helped more able-bodied adults without dependents have access to food without restrictions.

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Now that these time limits are back, hundreds of adults in Cabell County have lost their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, and charitable food providers in the area are serving significantly more people, according to Rhonda Rogombe, health and safety net policy analyst with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy.

“There’s a lot of people that go hungry here in the state of West Virginia,” said Barbara Hale, who works with the Commodity Supplemental Food Program at Facing Hunger Foodbank in Huntington.

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