How Has the Coronavirus Pandemic Affected Federal Spending on SNAP?
Since April 2020, the federal government has spent an average of $9 billion per month on SNAP — 71 percent higher than the amount spent in March 2020 (before the pandemic was widely recognized).
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/03/how-has-the-coronavirus-pandemic-affected-federal-spending-on-snap