Changes in federal funding will impact more than 520,000 households in Washington state currently receiving extra help paying for groceries. Beginning March 1, recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program will no longer receive additional allotments that have been distributed for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the average recipient across the country, that means about $90 less per month. "Not having these additional emergency benefits at hand right now will be very impactful to families and individuals, and we're very concerned about that," said Babs Roberts, the director of the Community Services Division at the Department of Social and Health Services. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-state-snap-benefits-shrink/281-2f3804be-684f-4ccf-bb34-e57d935bace6