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The new food assistance program gives families additional money for food once school ends. Advocates say it will help children who rely on school lunches to eat.

An increasing number of Ohio farmers markets are accepting SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps. It鈥檚 an effort to increase access to fresh, locally grown produce.

Anti-hunger advocates say the loss of pandemic-era benefits, combined with higher food prices, makes the so-called 鈥渂enefits cliff鈥� even more precarious than usual.

Families like the Tanners in Mount Vernon are seeking other ways to supplement their food budgets since pandemic-era SNAP benefits went away in March.

Low-income families in Ohio have been receiving additional food stamp benefits for the last two years. Food banks across the state expect a surge as the federal pandemic aid ends.

The idea of 鈥渕eans testing鈥� for Ohioans getting food stamp or SNAP benefits was removed in the final version of the state budget. But advocates for鈥�

Advocates for low-income Ohioans are urging lawmakers to take what they call a harmful provision out of the state budget bill. An amendment added by the鈥�

Critics of the law that will allow state lawmakers to overturn Gov. Mike DeWine鈥檚 health orders say that could be costly when it comes to federal funding.鈥�

As the coronavirus spreads, people are being urged to prepare by stocking up on food and supplies, checking to see if they can work from home if schools鈥�

20,000 childless adults who are considered able-bodied and receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 29 Ohio counties will soon be鈥�