The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has historically been, after Unemployment Insurance, the most responsive federal program during economic downturns, expanding to meet need and ... Read more
The proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would end or cut benefits for a substantial number of low-income people. Read more
This approach reaffirms SNAP’s importance for struggling households that can’t afford a basic diet without its help. It stands in stark contrast to the House farm bill’s SNAP provisions, which would end or cut benefits for more than 2 million individuals in more than 1 million households. Read more
The House Agriculture Committee farm bill would impose new mandates on states, limit state flexibility, and make the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) more complicated to administer. Read more
The Congressional Budget’s Office (CBO) estimate of the House Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill reiterates that its SNAP benefit cuts would total more than $17 billion over ten years. Read more
President Trump’s 2019 budget proposes to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by more than $213 billion over the next ten years — nearly a 30 percent cut. Read more
This guide is designed to help state and local policymakers and program officials identify opportunities under federal law to streamline the application and enrollment process by relying on eligibility determinations made by other programs. Read more
While wrapped in language of poverty reduction and program integration, this bill and other similar proposals would facilitate the unraveling of major federal programs that help low-income people meet basic needs. Read more
