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SNAP Helps Struggling Families Put Food on the Table

November 25, 2024
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program. This chart book highlights some key characteristics of the 41 million people using the program in a typical month, trends and data on program administration and use.

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, helping over 40 million low-income people afford a nutritionally adequate diet in a typical month in 2017.

We work to protect SNAP from efforts to sharply cut benefits or convert the program into a block grant for states. We also work with the U.S. Agriculture Department to ensure that it implements SNAP efficiently and effectively.

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