COVID-19 will affect the food and financial security of many for years to come

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) The complex food shopping patterns that financially insecure families employ have been upended by COVID-19. While the maximum benefit for SNAP increased, this policy change alone will not address many of the barriers low-income families are facing in acquiring food during the pandemic. To facilitate advocacy and policy change around this food insecurity crisis, researchers developed a web mapping tool that details states where SNAP shoppers...