October 17, 2022 3:00 a.m. 

Those who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits will receive a permanent cost of living increase of approximately 12 percent starting this month.

A release from the Oregon Department of Human Services said this means people in the state who receive SNAP will start getting more food benefits when they receive their October benefits.

The release said every October the federal government makes cost of living adjustments to SNAP maximum allotments. These adjustments are based on changes to the amount of money needed to support a basic standard of living. Maximum SNAP allotments are the maximum amount of food benefits that a household may receive based off its size.

SNAP recipients do not have to take any action to receive the increased benefit amounts.

More information about SNAP is available at: https://www.oregon.gov/dhs/ASSISTANCE/FOOD-BENEFITS/pages/index.aspx