SNAP benefits to end if disaster declaration terminated

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SNAP benefits to end if disaster declaration terminated

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) - Pennsylvania households could potentially lose hundreds of millions of federally-funded food assistance if the disaster declaration is terminated. According to the Department of Human Services, the SNAP program has kept food on the table each month for those facing food insecurities during the pandemic. But Secretary Teresa Miller says if the legislature uses a new authority to terminate the commonwealth's active disaste…