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[[File:SNAP Benefits Paid 2005-2012.png|thumb|Total program costs from 2000 to 2016. The amount increased sharply after 2008 due to the [[Great Recession]], and has fallen since 2013 as the economy recovers.]] | [[File:SNAP Benefits Paid 2005-2012.png|thumb|Total program costs from 2000 to 2016. The amount increased sharply after 2008 due to the [[Great Recession]], and has fallen since 2013 as the economy recovers.]] | ||
[[File:SNAP benefits.png|thumb|SNAP benefits cost since the 1960s]] | [[File:SNAP benefits.png|thumb|SNAP benefits cost since the 1960s]] | ||
Amounts paid to program beneficiaries rose from $28.6 billion in 2005 to $76 billion in 2013, falling back to $66.6 billion by 2016.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} This increase was due to the high unemployment rate (leading to higher SNAP participation) and the increased benefit per person with the passing of [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|ARRA]]. SNAP average monthly benefits increased from $96.18 per person to $133.08 per person. Other program costs, which include the Federal share of State administrative expenses, Nutrition Education, and Employment and Training, amounted to roughly $3.7 million in 2013.<ref name=FNS /> There were cuts into the program's budget introduced in 2014 that were estimated to save $8.6 billion over 10 years. Some of the states are looking for measures within the states to balance the cuts, so they would not affect the recipients of the federal aid program.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jalonick|first1=Mary|title=Only 4 states will see cuts to food stamps|url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/politics/13603087-95/only-4-states-will-see-cuts-to-food-stamps|publisher= | Amounts paid to program beneficiaries rose from $28.6 billion in 2005 to $76 billion in 2013, falling back to $66.6 billion by 2016.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} This increase was due to the high unemployment rate (leading to higher SNAP participation) and the increased benefit per person with the passing of [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|ARRA]]. SNAP average monthly benefits increased from $96.18 per person to $133.08 per person. Other program costs, which include the Federal share of State administrative expenses, Nutrition Education, and Employment and Training, amounted to roughly $3.7 million in 2013.<ref name=FNS /> There were cuts into the program's budget introduced in 2014 that were estimated to save $8.6 billion over 10 years. Some of the states are looking for measures within the states to balance the cuts, so they would not affect the recipients of the federal aid program.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jalonick|first1=Mary|title=Only 4 states will see cuts to food stamps|url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/politics/13603087-95/only-4-states-will-see-cuts-to-food-stamps|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=18 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107150837/http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/politics/13603087-95/only-4-states-will-see-cuts-to-food-stamps|archive-date=7 January 2016}}</ref> | ||
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