Pandemic-era SNAP benefits coming to an end

Only about half the people who may be eligible for food stamps have applied for them, according to New Hampshire Hunger Solutions. In Coos County, nearly 62 percent of the potentially eligible population is enrolled. Screenshot The number of Granite State adults and children without enough food dropped during the pandemic, in part because the federal government increased food stamp payments, according to a New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute analysis. That extra aid for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ends this month for the state’s nearly 72,600 food stamp recipients,...