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Importance of the Thrifty Food Plan for SNAP benefits
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Jill Berry emphasizes the critical role of the Thrifty Food Plan in determining SNAP benefit levels and expresses concern over proposals to eliminate it. She outlines the potential consequences of such a move and calls for ongoing advocacy.
- The Thrifty Food Plan is a model used to determine maximum SNAP benefits, accounting for food prices, dietary guidelines, and purchasing habits.
- Elimination of the Thrifty Food Plan would result in $30 billion less in SNAP benefits over ten years.
- Berry highlights key dates for federal budgetary action and calls for ongoing advocacy to protect food security programs.
Jill Berry
0:09:37
We would also like to draw the council's attention to a proposal within the farm bill that deeply impacts food insecurity in New York communities.
0:09:47
The Thrifty Food Plan is the model used to determine maximum SNAP benefits from a holistic approach that accounts for fundamentally important factors in determining benefit levels such as food prices, dietary guideline changes, and purchasing habits.
0:10:06
The house plan proposed doing away with the thrifty food plan.
0:10:11
Without a thrifty food plan that includes those components we lose a crucial pathway for regularly updating SNAP benefits.
0:10:19
In addition to the annual cost of living adjustment, the COLA, the thrifty food plan provides a key avenue for regularly accommodating the real needs of households.
0:10:30
Elimination of the thrifty food plan would result in 30,000,000,000 less in SNAP benefits over ten years.
0:10:38
We appreciate the council's partnership in advocating for New York communities and we would like to draw your attention to the timeline of expected federal budgetary action.
0:10:49
Foremost on that timeline are the April presidential f y twenty six budget release, the July house and senate f y twenty six appropriations bills release, and the September 30 deadline for congress to pass f y 26 appropriations or a continuing resolution.
0:11:09
Your ongoing advocacy is needed to ensure we secure an all important pillar of protecting New Yorkers food security.