Saw the same thing in PA. February Benefits were going to be applied to cards on the 20th of January. This was a notice from a local charity warning users not to spend all of the money because there would be no more in February.
Guessing there will be lots of shrimp, steak and lobster sold at the end of this month and sob stories at the end of February of how receipients have run out of funds.
...lots of shrimp, steak and lobster sold at the end of this month...
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They can shop the sales. My local grocer had whole pork butts for $1/lb and small turkeys for $0.69/lb this week. Lots of canned goods deals, too.
Forego the manicures and hair styling for a couple of months, cook from scratch, they can eat better longer for less.
Good enough for us. I travel to shop cheaper once a month, stock the freezer, utilize almost every leftover/scrap and keep a pantry. Never buy processed food. Buy whole chickens and make soup out of carcasses and drippings. Make our own candy, too. Etc. Second nature to most people and YT is full of videos on eating well for very little, as well as living on a small income. Watch the sales and you can even find steaks, whole muscle in the bag for half the butchered price.
Should not be a problem, but probably will be.