🚨We are continuing to sound the alarm! The number of children receiving SNAP nationwide has likely dropped by more than 1.5 million.

In case you are wondering why an error rate cost shift requirement on states means eligible families are losing SNAP is because denying eligible families is NOT an error. See our SNAP caseload www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

This plan's reported failure to address the emergency unfolding across the country is unconscionable. 4+ million people (including 800k kids) have already lost SNAP, far more than many expected. Congress must delay H.R. 1’s huge shift cost shift to states. www.politico.com/live-updates...

🚨New data: In the 8 months after H.R. 1 enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history, the number of people receiving SNAP fell by 4+ million (-10%) nationwide. In just the 13 states with available data, 800,000+ fewer kids are receiving SNAP. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Even as more people across our nation are struggling to afford gas, groceries, health care, and housing, Congressional Republicans are prioritizing the Administration's violent & callous detention and deportation machine over helping people across our nation afford basic needs.

SNAP recipients are already struggling with barriers around food assistance due to cuts from the Republican megabill and harmful work requirements. Listen to their experiences and @tyjonescox.bsky.social discuss more via Morning Edition: www.npr.org/2026/05/20/n...

Post-Megabill Drop in SNAP Participation Is Steepest in Decades. This drop can't be explained by a rapid improvement in people's economic well-being or reduced need for help buying food. These are cuts to families in need due to the Republican megabill www.cbpp.org/blog/post-me...

The House-passed farm bill leaves low-income families behind at a moment when affording groceries is already a struggle. With SNAP participation down by more than 3 million people, the Senate can & must do better to reduce the harm of H.R. 1’s devastating cuts.

In the weeks since the House farm bill was proposed, the extent of this unfolding crisis has only become clearer. SNAP participation fell by 3+ million people in the 6 months after H.R. 1 passed & more people will lose SNAP as these cuts fully take effect. cbpp.org/press/statem...

You should read every word of this powerful piece. For now, I'll pull some highlights about the Trump Administration's proposal to cut or even eliminate SSI benefits for up to 400K families caring for disabled loved ones while struggling to get by themselves. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

New USDA data released today: H.R. 1 enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history last July. By January, more than 3 million fewer people were receiving food assistance. Nationwide, SNAP caseloads fell by more than 8% in just 6 months — despite no improvement in economic conditions.

🚨SNAP tracker update. Unfortunately the number of low-income people receiving SNAP food assistance continues to fall.

Here's how 2.5 million people lost access to SNAP within just 5 months. Spoiler alert - its not because of a strong economy or they found jobs.

For 30 years, Congress has fully funded #WIC to ensure all eligible families who apply can receive full benefits. The House agriculture appropriations bill would break this promise: it would underfund WIC & cut benefits for WIC participants in every state. www.cbpp.org/blog/house-a...

Key point - "Congress must work to eventually repeal the untenable cost shift altogether. Payment accuracy is an important measure of SNAP’s performance, but a program isn’t successful if it’s highly accurate while failing to reach those who need it."

The Trump Administration: "Eat real food." Also the Trump Administration: "$10-$13 a month for fruits and vegetables should do it."

Last week, I outlined questions I would be looking to have answered when the President’s budget is released. Now that we have the full proposal, we can now answer them. Hint: It fails to offer affordability solutions to make life more affordable while raising the risk of hasty, harmful cuts. 🧵

📢Message from my colleague @katiebergh.bsky.social how the President's budget continues to make groceries LESS affordable for low-income families.

HHS wasted taxpayer dollars to find that people enrolled were eligible, a new KFF article shows: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

🎯And SNAP doesn't just support low-income families struggling to afford groceries — it supports the entire food supply chain from the grocery store back to the farm.

"A farm bill does not support our nation’s food security if it ignores the needs of the millions of people across the U.S. who cannot consistently afford to put food on the table." - @tyjonescox.bsky.social on last night's vote to advance a deeply flawed farm bill: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

Last night, the House Agriculture Committee advanced an unacceptable farm bill that turns its back on the millions of low-income families struggling to afford groceries in the wake of the Republican megabill’s unprecedented SNAP cuts. This bill should be rejected.

Nothing says "laser-focused on affordability issues" like House Republicans proposing a farm bill amendment that would kick a single parent with two kids earning just under $35,000 per year off SNAP for "earning too much."

About 1 in 7 rural households use #SNAP to put food on the table, a higher share than in metro areas. By failing to address H.R. 1’s devastating SNAP cuts, the House Agriculture Committee farm bill ignores the needs of low-income rural families who need SNAP to afford groceries.

"This requirement doesn't increase employment or earnings. It just cuts people off."

Preliminary USDA data show about 700,000 fewer low-income people received SNAP benefits in November vs. October, another huge one-month drop. This likely reflects disruption from the shutdown & the Republican megabill (H.R. 1)'s unprecedented SNAP cuts starting to take effect.

Speaking of policy choices: Next week, the House Agriculture Committee will mark up a farm bill that does nothing to address H.R. 1's devastating SNAP cuts as more & more low-income families lose the basic food assistance they need to afford groceries.

Given that USDA just happened to post SNAP caseload data that's typically released on Friday afternoons on a Tuesday morning ahead of the State of the Union, a reminder👇

You were right @Katie_Bergh! "Lifted" is being used to describe taking food assistance from families, children, and veterans thanks to the $187 billion cut to SNAP and other harmful policy decisions.

H.R. 1’s SNAP cuts have already resulted in hundreds of thousands of low-income people losing the food assistance they need to afford groceries. This farm bill proposal would make further misguided policy changes while ignoring the urgent need to address this harm.

The House Agriculture Committee’s farm bill ignores the needs of low-income people struggling to afford the rising cost of groceries, many of whom are already losing food assistance under the harmful Republican megabill’s (HR 1) unprecedented #SNAP cuts. This is unacceptable.

After Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance at #SuperBowlLX, everyone’s talking about #PuertoRico. But here’s what many might not know about how federal policy affects the territory 🧵👇

The harmful Republican megabill redistributes trillions of dollars to the wealthiest households, while making it harder for families and communities with low and moderate incomes to afford food, health care, and other basic needs. More from @brendanvduke.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

📢@Katie_Bergh "Many of the Trump Administration’s policies are making it harder for low-income families to afford basic needs. As more people lose SNAP in the coming months due to the megabill's deep cuts, these affordability challenges will only get worse."

Too many people have fallen victim to the fed gov’ts violent immigration enforcement & too many families and communities have been forever harmed by the dragnet

In the wake of another horrific shooting death in MN by federal immigration officers -on top of wrongful detentions, violence, & fear there & across the country- it is appropriate for the Senate to use the budget process to push for critical protections for people & communities.

🎯 How much states will be required to pay for SNAP benefits is based on administrative errors identified from October 2024 to September 2026. HR 1 passed in July 2025 and guidance from USDA came months later. Not a lot of time.

Today, NGA joined a coalition of orgs representing state and local agencies in sending a letter to Congress to request the inclusion of targeted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) provisions in the anticipated January Continuing Resolution. Read it here: www.nga.org/advocacy-com...

This “affordability” framework for a second reconciliation bill (i.e. a “Second Big Beautiful Bill”) follows the same structure as its predecessor: 1.)Making it harder for Americans to afford health care, food & groceries. 2.)Tax cuts for rich people. 🧵

New analysis: Recent circumstances outside of states’ control are driving up the costs states will face under the Republican megabill, putting food assistance for low-income families at serious risk if Congress fails to act. See the impact in your state:

My recent commentary on #SNAP www.cbpp.org/research/foo... Taking Away Food Assistance Puts the Trump Administration on the Wrong Side of History

By moving to rescind the Biden Admin’s #PublicCharge rule, which largely restored long-standing policy after courts blocked a harmful rule put forward in the first Trump rule, the Administration is reigniting fear and confusion among people who are immigrants and their families.

NEWS (?): The formula that USDA has asked states to use to get to 50 percent of SNAP benefits *does not produce a number that is 50 percent of benefits* for any family that has net income. Illustrative example below. www.fns.usda.gov/snap/benefit...

New data from @CenterOnBudget shows USDA cutting families' SNAP benefits far more than necessary.⤵️

It is illegal to not follow a court order and it is just wrong to delay food assistance to children, seniors, veterans, working parents, and people with disabilities.

It is a relief that the Administration is finally agreeing to do the bare minimum and follow the law by using the #SNAP contingency reserve to partially fund November SNAP benefits & nutrition assistance in Puerto Rico & American Samoa.

Today’s rulings confirm what’s been clear all along: the Administration has been sitting on billions of available dollars that it is legally required to use to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 Americans who need SNAP to afford their groceries.

The Trump Administration’s assertion that it can't use SNAP’s contingency reserves for SNAP benefits is contrary to: ▪️The plain language of the law ▪️Their own (now deleted) shutdown plan ▪️Guidance from prior Administrations We have the receipts:

The Administration has the $$ and must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the US who need SNAP to afford their groceries. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

We are deeply concerned about where the economy is headed and about OBBBA SNAP policy. And we come with RECEIPTS. Read alllllll about it here: www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/...