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End of COVID-era SNAP emergency food assistance linked to increased child maltreatment rates

A new study has found that in U.S. counties that ended COVID-19 pandemic-era Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Emergency Allotments, child maltreatment rates went up. The findings from the study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggest that changes to food assistance programs have consequences that extend beyond food security and also affect child and family well-being.