SNAP enrollees automatically become eligible for other services, ranging from Head Start to winter heating assistance.

By Christine Stuart, CTNewsJunkie.com 

Just as food inflation hit 11.4% this year, the state of Connecticut announced that it will expand eligibility to add more than 44,000 residents to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, currently serves more than 222,600 households, including 138,800 children. The new income limits will expand that by 17,600 households, according to the Department of Social Services.

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