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Changes to SNAP Benefits

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government passed a law to temporarily increase SNAP benefits to support families. Recently, the federal government changed the law and the temporary increase to the SNAP benefits will end February 16, 2023. Beginning in March, all SNAP benefits will return to normal amounts, without the added supplement.

  • The Virginia Department of Social Services has created a temporary information line. Please call: 1-855-635-4370
  • If you need food now, call Fairfax County Coordinated Services Planning: 703-222-0880
  • For more food resources, visit the Human Service Resource Guide online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/HSRG/, and search “food.”

If you receive SNAP you may also be eligible for Medicaid, TANF, Energy Assistance, Child Care Assistance and more. Apply at CommonHelp.Virginia.gov/access or apply by phone at 1-833-5-CALL-VA (1-833-522-5582).

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Important: Changes to Your Snap Benefits

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government passed a law to temporarily increase SNAP benefits to support families. Recently, the federal government changed the law and the temporary increase to the SNAP benefits will end February 16, 2023. Beginning in March, all SNAP benefits will return to normal amounts, without the added supplement.

  • The Virginia Department of Social Services has created a temporary information line. Please call: 1-855-635-4370
  • If you need food now, call Fairfax County Coordinated Services Planning: 703-222-0880
  • For more food resources, visit the Human Service Resource Guide online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/HSRG/, and search “food.”

If you receive SNAP you may also be eligible for Medicaid, TANF, Energy Assistance, Child Care Assistance and more. Apply at CommonHelp.Virginia.gov/access or apply by phone at 1-833-5-CALL-VA (1-833-522-5582).

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Subject: Important: Changes to Your Snap Benefits

Dear [partner],

I am sharing important changes to SNAP allotments that will affect people you work with or serve. Please be aware that beginning March 2023, all SNAP benefits will return to normal pre-pandemic amounts, without the added supplement. We have created a communications toolkit with information in multiple languages (English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Urdu, Amharic, and Vietnamese) about the change and where people can go for help getting food. You are welcome to use any of our fliers, posts, newsletter articles and more to help spread the word.

As it states in our toolkit, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government passed a law to temporarily increase SNAP benefits to support families. Recently, the federal government changed the law and the temporary, emergency increase to the SNAP benefits will end February 16, 2023.  Starting March 1, 2023 households will revert to their normal amount of benefits.

While we hope that the messages being sent to SNAP households by the Virginia Department of Social Services and Fairfax County are read, there may be situations where the people you work with may not be aware of the change and we hope the information provided in this toolkit can be used to inform your employees and customers. Thank you so much for helping to spread the word!

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Beginning in March, all SNAP benefits will return to normal amounts, without the added supplement.

  • The Virginia Department of Social Services has created a temporary information line: 1-855-635-4370.
  • If you need food now, call Fairfax County Coordinated Services Planning: 703-222-0880
  • For more food resources, visit the Human Service Resource Guide at https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/HSRG/. 

In March, SNAP benefits will return to normal, without the added supplement. The State has created a temporary information line: 1-855-635-4370. For food resources, visit the Human Service Resource Guide at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/HSRG/.

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