The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides financial assistance to low-income individuals and families to buy food.

These options could also help reduce administrative burden on both SNAP staff and older adult applicants and participants.

Do SNAP Eligibility and Benefit Determinations Sufficiently Reflect Expenses of Older Households?

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SNAP Policy Options Report

High quality stock photo of an authentic Asian-American Filipino senior woman shopping for food at a local grocery store, coping with high prices as inflation continues to push deeper into fixed incomes.

An Asian senior adult paying for his shopping items to cashier at counter check out in supermarket

Stocking Cans in the Grocery Store

Older Asian Couple Grocery Shopping

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