Maryland
Governor Larry Hogan today announced that all Maryland SNAP recipients will receive an additional increase in 15% of your total benefits as of this month due to recent federal legislation. Additionally, as part of the state’s emergency financial assistance measures, Maryland Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) families will receive $ 40 Additional Millions in Benefits
“These increased benefits come at a critical time for Maryland residents struggling financially during the COVID-pandemic. 19, ”Governor Hogan said. “However, there is still much to do, including by Congress, to help our economy and our workforce. In Maryland, we have announced more than $ 700 million in emergency financial aid, and before the General Assembly goes back to work For the session of 2021, we will be proposing a larger financial aid and stimulus package to provide more support to our families and small businesses. »
The Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps low-income households buy the food they need. In Maryland, a household of four will see its maximum monthly benefit increase from $ 680 to $ 782, an additional $ 102 per month, for the next six months. This will significantly increase their ability to purchase food and help families hardest hit by the pandemic to put food on their tables.
As part of the governor’s most recent additions to the package of Maryland Strong emergency financial aid, TCA families will receive an additional $ 100 million in benefits, equivalent to $ 100 per household member for each of the next six months. The TCA program provides cash assistance to families with dependent children when available resources do not fully meet their needs and prepares participants for independence through work. These additional benefits will be available in the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) account of each eligible household on their standard benefit issuance date.
“This is very good benefit assistance important to our families and comes at a time when the need for assistance has reached record levels, “said Lourdes R. Padilla, Secretary of the Department of Human Services. “Such revised assistance enables DHS to address the needs of our constituents and reminds the most vulnerable that we, in strong partnership with the Governor and USDA, will continue to work to resolve their burdens.”
Maryland residents can get more information, apply for programs and services like SNAP and TCA, and check the status of applications online or by calling the DHS Customer Call Center at 1 – 782 – 332 – 6347.