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Price check: IL reduces EBT payments, but it doesn't have to hurt Oct 31st 2013, 13:59 By Ben Yount Published October 31, 2013 Illinois is reducing EBT payments for two million families in Illinois who get the assistance, but the smaller benefits are neither a surprise nor a problem. The 2009 federal expansion of the SNAP program, what most people call food stamps, has expired, forcing reductions across the country, Illinois Department of Human Service's spokeswoman Januari Smith said. Benefits for family of four in Illinois could decrease by $36 a month, she said. But the family won't go hungry, still getting more than $600 each month to spend on groceries. The maximum food stamp benefit for a family of four is set to slide from $668 to $632, each month. McKenzie Riley, a nutritionist with the University of Illinois Extension office, said that's well above an average monthly allowance for food. Click for more from Watchdog.org FOX NEWS FIRST NEWSLETTER Daily must-read stories from the biggest name in politics Today Frightful poll sends Dems screaming

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