I was on EBT for the better part of a year. I was ashamed. That said, the ammount we had on EBT was almost twice what we’d normally spend.
I know someone who went on foodstamps because they had been laid off work and just had a baby. She was embarrassed and waited to apply until they were down it being a must have for the baby. Within a month, her husband had a job so they were fine. When she tried to get off the program, they wouldn’t let her and said she had to stay on it for six months.