The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Child Nutrition Programs (school, summer, and child care meals) are the only major entitlement programs whose beneficiaries risk two types of failures in the annual appropriations process: a government shutdown, especially at the beginning of the fiscal year, and annual funding that proves inadequate to cover the programs’ needs for the entire fiscal year. Read more
Policymakers are appropriately considering additional stimulus measures in the face of mounting job losses and other dire economic signs due to COVID-19. A top item ... Read more
SNAP (food stamps) responds quickly to increased need, such as during economic downturns and natural disasters, and the economic crisis spurred by COVID-19 ... Read more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act provides broad flexibility for USDA and states to adapt SNAP to address people’s food needs during the current public health emergency. Read more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which President Trump is expected to sign soon, doesn’t expand benefits or eligibility under SNAP (food ... Read more
An aggressive policy response is essential to mitigate the sharp drop in economic activity and increase in unemployment that are already underway. Read more
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act — which the House passed, and the President is expected to sign — will give states broad, temporary flexibility ... Read more
President Trump’s 2021 budget proposes to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) by more than $180 billion — nearly 30 percent ... Read more
