(Des Moines, IA) — Thousands of Iowans who receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will see a boost in those benefits this month. Janee Harvey oversees the program for the Department of Human Services — and says it will be an approximately 25 to 27 percent increase. Harvey says the U-S-D-A evaluates the benefits every year, and this year they reevaluated the way they do the evaluation — and that led to a much bigger increase percentage increase than what they’ve seen in past years. Harvey says this permanent increase happens as the pandemic-related increase in SNAP benefits that started in January is ending.
