Welcome back! Joree and Sarah discuss the recent change to the Thrifty Food Plan by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which impacts monthly benefit levels for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. Listen to hear the association’s advocacy team discuss this update and how the change will impact food insecure Ohioans!References: Could COVID-19 finally end hunger in America? By Helena Bottemiller Evich of PoliticoUSDA: SNAP and the Thrifty Food Plan Ohio Association of Foodbanks Federal Recovery Campaign - Call and email your members of Congress that federal recovery legislation should support Ohio families Find your local foodbank to find help, volunteer, and donate here. Claim your Child Tax Credit and missing stimulus payments here. Enjoyed this episode? Please leave a review and subscribe to get episodes in your podcast feed as soon as we upload every other week!   Want more updates? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and take our latest hunger-fighting actions!  For a transcript of this episode, click here.   We are licensed to use the song, Goals and Dreams by Boomer, which is distributed and owned by PremiumBeat. Ohio Association of Foodbanks is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization without party affiliation or bias. We are Ohio’s largest charitable response to hunger and our mission is to assist Ohio’s 12 Feeding America foodbanks in providing food and other resources to people in need and to pursue areas of common interest for the benefit of people in need.