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US ending extra help for groceries that started during COVID

Jaqueline Benitez shows the inside of her refrigerator at her home in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Benitez, 21, who works as a preschool teacher, depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, and starting in March she expects a significant cut, perhaps half, of the $250 in food benefits she has received since 2020. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner) Jaqueline Benitez puts away groceries at her home in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Benitez, 21, who works as a preschool teacher, depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, and starting in March she expects a significant cut, perhaps half, of the $250 in food benefits she has received since 2020. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner) Jaqueline Benitez puts away groceries at her home in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Benitez, 21, who works as a preschool teacher, depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, and starting in March she expects a significant cut, perhaps half, of the $250 in food benefits she has received since 2020. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner) Jaqueline Benitez stands for a portrait at her home in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Benitez, 21, who works as a preschool teacher, depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, and starting in March she expects a significant cut, perhaps half, of the $250 in food benefits she has received since 2020. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner) Jaqueline Benitez, who depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, pays for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Officials in 32 states and other jurisdictions have been using texts, voicemails, snail mail, flyers and social media posts – all in multiple languages – to let recipients know that their extra food stamps end after February's payments. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner) Jaqueline Benitez, who depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Nearly 30 million Americans who got extra government help with grocery bills during the pandemic will soon see that aid shrink. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner) Jaqueline Benitez shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. "It’s such a lifesaver,” said Benitez, who depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food. “Food is such a huge expense. It’s a little nerve-wracking to think about not having that.” (AP Photo/Allison Dinner) Jaqueline Benitez pushes her cart down an aisle as she shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Benitez, 21, who works as a preschool teacher, depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, and starting in March she expects a significant cut, perhaps half, of the $250 in food benefits she has received since 2020. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner)
US ending extra help for groceries that started during COVID