Education reform:
What changed this legislative session?
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More than 10 percent of Vermonters accessed 3SquaresVT in 2024—about 66,000 people. That share has been consistent since before the pandemic. What has varied is the benefit amount those recipients have gotten each month. During the peak of Covid, 2021 to 2023, the per-person monthly benefit was over $200, peaking at $260 in 2022. In 2024, after federal Covid relief funds ended, it dropped back to just over $150, meaning Vermonters have nearly $650 less per year to cover food costs than they did in 2023. The cost of food has not tracked overall inflation. While inflation was highest in 2021 and 2022, food prices saw much bigger spikes in 2022 and 2023 and little change in 2024.
