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SNAP Benefits will Shrink in November Despite Continued Need

Source: The 2009 ARRA’s temporary boost to SNAP will end November 1, 2013. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ analysis of USDA Food and Nutrition Service data, FY2011 and projected FY2014.

Before After

$1.35Average per person

per meal

$1.06Average per person

per meal

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Nearly Half of Those Receiving SNAP Benefits in NC are Children & Nearly One-Quarter are

Adults Living with Children

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ analysis of USDA Food and Nutrition Service data, FY2011.

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SNAP Reaches Needy Populations in NC

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ analysis of USDA Food and Nutrition Service data, FY2011.

81% of Households receiving SNAP live in poverty ($23,050 for a family of 4)

45% of Households receiving SNAP live in deep poverty, with income below half of the poverty line ($11,525 for a family of 4)

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Households with Children Receive the Highest Average Monthly SNAP Benefit in NC

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ analysis of USDA Food and Nutrition Service data, FY2011.

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Who Does SNAP Reach in NC?

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ analysis of USDA Food and Nutrition Service data, FY2011.

Almost 73% of all SNAP participants are in families with kids

About 27% Of all SNAP participants are in families with elderly or disabled members

Almost 40% of all SNAP participants are in working families

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Safety-Net Programs Helped Keep Poverty in Check in 2012

Source: Census Bureau’s Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the US report on 2012 data.

4 Million

= 1 million people

people were lifted out of poverty by SNAP

15.3 Millionolder adults were lifted out of

poverty by Social Security