The recent decrease in SNAP benefits has created a new reality, placing more difficulty on the food bank while it works to serve West Texans.
MIDLAND, Texas — At the start of March, benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, decreased from where they were during the COVID-19 pandemic.
After just a little over one week has passed, the West Texas Food Bank has already seen the impacts of that change.
The food bank has already seen a 23% increase for the need in the community since SNAP benefits were lowered, and that increase is just in the Midland-Odessa food pantries.
While this recent challenge has made things more difficult, it’s just one of many factors that will impact the food bank moving forward.
“I think for us to be able to keep up with the increase that we’ve seen within our food bank over the last three …
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