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10A | AUGUST 6, 2020 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Increased food benefits for Oregonians through SNAP begin this month The Oregon Department of Human Services has re- ceived approval by the fed- eral Food and Nutrition Service to continue in Au- gust to provide increased food benefits and waive the interview requirement for new applicants — making it faster and easier for Orego- nians to access benefits. This will result in an addi- tional $30 million to eligible Supplemental Nutrition As- sistance Program (SNAP) recipients in August 2020. “As the pandemic con- tinues, access to food has worsened greatly,” said Self-Sufficiency Programs Deputy Director Claire Se- guin. “Providing another month of emergency as- sistance will help ease the threat of chronic hunger in Oregon.” SNAP households will automatically receive the additional allotment in the same way they receive their current benefits. For most customers this is an EBT card. The additional benefit amount will be disbursed on the schedule below to all eligible SNAP households. • Aug. 11: Current SNAP households not receiving the SNAP maximum allot- ment • Aug. 29: New SNAP customers who did not re- ceive the Aug. 11 allotment and are not receiving the maximum benefit No additional action is needed from Oregonians already enrolled in SNAP. The increase brings all households to the maxi- mum SNAP benefit. House- holds that already receive the maximum benefit will not receive any additional benefits. The table below shows the maximum SNAP bene- fits based on the number of eligible people in the house- hold, with household size Schools from A1 that the rate was 5.1, though it was as high as 7 the week prior. It’s also dipped as low as 4.6 per- cent. But even if the pos- itivity rate declines to 5 percent, it could spike up again, resetting the whole process. Where school districts like South Lane stand to- day, they won’t get three weeks of data until Aug. 15 at the earliest — and that is a few days after the deadline given to districts to turn in re- opening plans to Lane County for approval — which included start dates. As for when onsite learning can begin, many schools are taking a measured approach in order to avoid a cycle of “in-and-out” schooling. This could mean on- site learning being de- layed until October at the earliest. If the met- rics aren’t met by then COURTESY IMAGE Under the latest metrics instituted by the state, only grades K-3 could currently be eligable to return to school in September, with all other grades likely not returning to classrooms until at least October. — which also happens to be the official start of flu season — it’s possible that the district would not return to in-class in- struction until 2021. If there’s one excep- tion to the rule, it could be for students in kin- dergarten to third grade which, at the end of the new metrics, the state listed as an exception. Students in that grade and max SNAP benefit: • Family of 1, $194 • Family of 2, $355 • Family of 3, $509 • Family of 4, $646 • Family of 5, $768 • Each additional person receives +$146 This allotment will not permanently change a household’s monthly bene- fit amount. It is a temporary supplement to help during the current health crisis. The Department of Human Services will not be sending individual notices to house- holds about the emergency allotments. In addition, Oregon re- ceived approval to continue to waive the requirement to complete an interview for new SNAP applicants. Learn how to apply for SNAP and other benefits online at www.oregon.gov/ DHS/COVID-19/Pages/ Home.aspx. ty is 5 percent or less. Current county num- bers would allow for this scenario, which would see grades K-3 spread out throughout an en- tire elementary school. Social distancing would also be easier with the populations of grades four and five at home. However, the state was vague in this guideline. While it listed specif- ics for county metrics, it doesn’t mention the county overriding the state metric. Could the state metric play into the K-3 exception? So far, that question has yet to be answered. Either way, this school year, distance education will look far different compared to last, where different programs were stitched together at the last minute when the governor closed schools in March. Gov. Kate Brown has also released $20 mil- lion in funds for districts around the state to help pay for connectivity. With all the changes, the currently shifting landscape of reopening has been frustrating for many parents who are still unsure as to what the rapidly approaching school year will look like. 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