Ana sa ran yunwa za ta yi kamari a duk faɗin Amurka a wata mai zuwa lokacin da mutane sama da miliyan 30 suka yi rajista a cikin ƙarin Tallafin Abinci na Abinci. amfanin abinci slashed muhimmanci.
"Wannan dutsen yunwa yana zuwa ga mafi yawan jihohi, kuma mutane za su yi asarar kusan $ 82 na fa'idodin SNAP a wata," Ellen Vollinger, darektan SNAP a Cibiyar Nazarin Abinci da Aiki (FRAC), ya gayaCBS News ran juma'a. "Wannan lamba ce mai ban mamaki."
Kamar yadda jaridar ta ruwaito: "Wannan yana nufin dangi mai mutane hudu za su iya ganin an rage musu amfanin wata-wata da kusan dala 328 a wata. Mafi muni na iya kasancewa tsofaffin Amurkawa waɗanda ke samun mafi ƙarancin fa'ida kowane wata, in ji Vollinger. Suna iya ganin biyan kuɗin SNAP ɗin su ya ragu daga $281 zuwa kaɗan kamar $23 a kowane wata.
Tun lokacin da aka fara ayyana dokar ta-baci ta lafiyar jama'a ta tarayya a farkon cutar ta Covid-19, abin da ake kira rabon gaggawa bunkasa abinci yana amfana a fadin kasar.
'Yan majalisar Republican a jihohi 18 zabi don kawar da rabonsu na gaggawa da wuri. Mutane da yawa sun yi ƙoƙarin tabbatar da matakin ta hanyar nuna murmurewa daga rikicin tattalin arzikin da ke haifar da coronavirus, amma bincike shows Bukatar a bankunan abinci ya karu a jihohin da suka yi watsi da karin tallafin tarayya.
Sauran jihohi 32 da suka ci gaba da samar da ingantattun fa'idodin abinci za a tilasta musu su kawar da rabonsu na gaggawa a cikin Maris saboda an yanke kudade a cikin kunshin kashe kudi na omnibus na 2023 da aka kafa a watan Disamba.
Jihohin da ke fuskantar raguwar fa'idodin abinci sun haɗa da California da Texas, waɗanda ke da mafi yawan masu cin gajiyar SNAP tare da masu karɓa miliyan 5.1 da miliyan 3.6, bi da bi. A halin yanzu, New Mexico gida ce ga mafi girman adadin masu cin gajiyar SNAP ga kowane mutum, tare da sama da 3 cikin gidaje 10 a halin yanzu suna samun ƙarin fa'idodin abinci.
As Insiderruwaito A ranar Juma'a, jami'an jihar yanzu suna "tattaunawa don sanar da mazauna garin cewa ana rage musu fa'ida sosai."
Gina Plata-Nino, mataimakiyar darakta na SNAP a FRAC, ta gaya wa gidan yanar gizon cewa "Abu na karshe da kuke so shine kakar Sue ta nuna har zuwa kantin kayan miya kwatsam, 'Ina kudi na? Wannan shi ne abin da na yi kasafin kudi.”
Plata-Nino ya ce: "Wannan shi ne babban dutsen yunwa da muke fuskanta - cewa mutane suna da wannan kasafin kuɗi, abubuwa ba su yi kyau ba, kuma yanzu za ku je kantin kayan miya inda abubuwa suka fi tsada," in ji Plata-Nino.
"Za ku ga, yayin da watanni ke tafiya, ƙarin iyalai suna fama da yunwa, ƙarin mutane suna ziyartar bankunan abinci, da kuma ganin mummunan tasirin da wannan ya yi a kan duk waɗannan mutanen."
Yayin da tattalin arzikin Amurka ke kan gaba fiye da yadda yake a cikin Maris 2020, gidaje yanzu suna kokawa da farashi mafi girma-musamman ga abubuwan masarufi kamar madara da ƙwai-saboda ribar kamfanoni da ba a bincika ba.
Bisa lafazin data daga Ofishin Kididdiga na Ma'aikata, kayan abinci sun kai kusan kashi 10% a karshen shekarar da ta gabata fiye da yadda suka yi watanni 12 da suka gabata. Farashin galan na madarar gabaɗaya ya haura daga $3.74 a watan Disamba 2021 zuwa $4.21 a cikin Disamba 2022, alal misali, yayin da farashin dozin manyan ƙwai A Grade A ya karu daga $1.79 zuwa $4.25 akan lokaci guda.
Idan aka yi la’akari da yanayin da ake shirin aiwatar da yankewar SNAP, “za ku ga, yayin da watanni ke tafiya, ƙarin iyalai na fama da yunwa, ƙarin mutane suna ziyartar bankunan abinci, da kuma ganin mummunan tasirin da wannan ya yi a kan duka. wadannan mutane," in ji Plata-Nino.
Miliyoyin gidaje a fadin kasar na ci gaba da kokawa da karancin abinci. Bisa lafazin data daga Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka, sama da mutane miliyan 41.2 ne suka yi rajista a cikin SNAP a cikin kasafin kuɗi na 2022, haɓaka 15% akan kasafin kuɗi na 2019, lokacin da kusan miliyan 35.7 suka sami fa'idodin abinci.
"Zai iya zama kamar wani abin ban mamaki cewa yawan rajistar SNAP ya karu ganin cewa yawan marasa aikin yi na al'umma yana kan gaba. mafi ƙasƙanci tun 1969, amma har yanzu ma’aikata da yawa ba su iya samun aikin cikakken lokaci ko kuma yin layi da yawa don biyan kuɗin,” CBS News lura, ambato Vollinger. “Mafi yawan mutanen da suka kai shekarun aiki wadanda ke karbar tamburan abinci suna aiki, bincike ya samu."
Vollinger ya gaya wa kanti cewa mutane da yawa ba su san cewa "yawan gidaje na SNAP suna aiki, amma galibi ana daukar su a matakin ƙaramin albashi - ba sa cikin ayyukan da ke da iyali don haka har yanzu sun cancanci SNAP."
As Insider ya ruwaito: "Wasu jihohi suna shiga don gwadawa da cike gibin da aka bari a ƙarshen fa'idodin SNAP: New Jersey ƙara mafi ƙarancin fa'idar da mazauna za su iya samu, kuma Massachusetts shine motsi don gwadawa da ci gaba da biyan kuɗi sama da watanni uku, duk da cewa kashi 40% na abin da masu karɓa ke samu yanzu."
A wasu jihohin da ke ba da shawara kawai game da yadda za a shawo kan raguwar da ake jira, kamar tara kayan da ba za su lalace ba yayin da amfanin abinci ya kasance mafi girma, mutane na nuna fushi.
"Muna rage tambarin abincinku kuma mun san cewa za ku yi wuyar rayuwa don haka ga wasu shawarwari," wani mai cin gajiyar SNAP a Colorado tweeted sardonically. "Kada ka ce ba mu taɓa yi maka komai ba."
A cikin ƙasa da makonni uku, ƙarfafa fa'idodin SNAP "zai bi hanyar inganta fa'idodin rashin aikin yi, abincin rana na makaranta kyauta, da kuma kuɗin harajin yara," Insider lura. "Duk sun samar da hanyar tsaro kuma sun taimaka wajen hana yunwa ga mutane da yawa, amma akwai 'yan majalisa kaɗan don sabunta su."
Sauran fadada jihar jindadin zamanin annoba-ciki har da ƙara Medicaid ɗaukar hoto da kuma kyauta kyauta na Covid-19 alluran rigakafi, gwaje-gwaje, da jiyya-an saita zuwa ƙarewa ba zato ba tsammani a ranar 11 ga Mayu. Wannan shine lokacin da dokar ta-baci ta lafiyar jama'a ta tarayya, wacce gwamnatin Biden ta ki kara, za ta kare.
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