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/...

Last Friday, USDA issued new info about how some of the Republican megabill’s deepest #SNAP cuts will take effect. This guidance goes beyond what's required by law, setting states up to fail with implementation & increasing the risk eligible people lose SNAP unnecessarily.🧵

Not only is this funding a fraction of the Medicaid cuts it's supposed to make up for, there's preferable scoring for states that align with the Trump Administration's ideology - like restricting the foods SNAP can be used for, despite a lack of evidence those restrictions improve diets or health.

📈Grocery prices are up. ✂️SNAP faces the largest cuts in history. 🚫And now USDA canceled the annual measure of food insecurity. Don't hide the damage of bad policy decisions. #CancelHungerNotData

Overall rates of food insecurity held steady in 2020 & 2021 despite the pandemic. Food insecurity among households with kids actually reached a two-decade low in 2021. In contrast, food insecurity increased during the Great Recession amid a less robust policy response. Policy matters.

This is false; I fear that whoever wrote this statement doesn’t know what these adjectives mean.

Unfortunately it's just getting started. ⤵️

States are increasingly calling for special sessions this year, and it’s not just routine business. From addressing the impact of federal policy, to state tax debates, to shoring up disaster aid and political power plays, 2025 is shaping up to be a year of legislative overtime.🧵

CBO's new estimate confirms: the Republican reconciliation law includes the largest #SNAP cut in history ($187B or ~20%). It will take food assistance away from more than 2M low-income ppl & cut food benefits for tens of millions more. Some states could even end SNAP entirely.

No matter the spin - research has shown over and over again that work requirements do not increase employment. They do not increase earnings. They just cut people off from the support they need to meet their basic needs. www.cbpp.org/blog/most-wo...

Yesterday, Senate appropriators approved their bill to set 2026 #WIC funding. In stark contrast to the House bill, the Senate version maintains the nearly 30-year commitment to providing enough funding to serve all eligible applicants with the full science-based food benefit.

The bill House Republicans passed last week would be the deepest cut to #SNAP in history. Our new paper explains the 4 ways this bill would take food assistance away from low-income people, including families with kids, seniors, and people with disabilities. Link below ⤵️

There is confusion about whether the Parliamentarian has indicated that a slightly revised version of the #SNAP cost-shift to states in the Senate Republican bill complies with the Byrd rule. But what’s clear is: the provision’s harmful impact is unchanged.

The Parliamentarian ruled 2 of the most harmful #SNAP cuts in the Senate Republican bill violate the Byrd rule, including an unprecedented cost-shift to states that could end SNAP entirely in parts of the U.S. www.agriculture.senate.gov/newsroom/rep...

85 cents a day may not sound like a lot for a parent to purchase fruits & veggies for their toddler. Yet the House Ag Approps Chair called this amount “hugely inflated” & wants to eventually cut the already modest $26 monthly #WIC benefit to $10/month. appropriations.house.gov/schedule/mar...

Senate Republican leaders released a proposal tonight that would cut or take food assistance away entirely from millions of people, including kids, veterans, workers in low-paying jobs, older adults, and people with disabilities. More here: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...

President Trump’s 2026 budget would cut #WIC food benefits by more than $1.3 billion for more than 5 million young children and new & expecting parents with low incomes by slashing their fruit & vegetable benefits, despite the Administration’s stated goal of improving child health.

Current law already bars people without a documented immigration status from food assistance through #SNAP. And many people with lawful immigration statuses are also barred including adults who are lawful permanent residents in their first five years in the U.S.

My colleague @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social showing how these cuts to #SNAP impact rural communities.

This bill is a disaster for children. It walks away from a 50-year commitment to ensure that poor children in rural Alabama and New York City all have access to the food assistance they need to grow and thrive.

House W&M bill does nothing for the ~17M kids currently left out of the $2,000 max credit b/c their families’ earnings are too low. Temp. raising the max to $2,500 gives them $0 or zilch, but delivers an additional $500-per-kid to higher-income families. www.cbpp.org/blog/policym...

The House Ag bill released tonight would take away or cut #SNAP food benefits for millions of low-income people struggling to afford groceries—families w/ children, seniors, ppl w/ disabilities, veterans & workers in low-wage jobs.

Medicaid cuts in the House E & C Cmte bill would take health coverage away from millions by slashing hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds. Loss of coverage means diseases go untreated & families face exorbitant medical debt.🧵 energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...

This would take away entirely or reduce food assistance for millions of people, making it hard for them to afford basic needs & worsening hunger. Who’s hurt? Families with children, older adults, people with disabilities, veterans, small business owners & workers. x.com/meredithllee...

President Trumps's new budget reflects yet another effort to misrepresent programs that help support the most structurally marginalized members of our community as “woke.” www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

New must-read blog from @katiebergh.bsky.social. You can't cut #SNAP by $230 billion and claim that these cuts won't hurt eligible people. 94% of #SNAP funding goes directly to food.

Thank you @chefjoseandres.bsky.social for raising how #SNAP is a lifeline in rural communities and how cuts to SNAP would harm those communities. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

NEW ESTIMATES: The policy reported here—adding a state cost-share for #SNAP that ramps up to 22.5%—would impose $23.65 billion in new costs on states just in the first year it's fully phased in. This would likely lead to deep cuts to food assistance. State numbers in link below⤵️

What Speaker Johnson isn't saying: this budget resolution sets up a more than 20% cut to the food assistance that 42 million people in low-income families need to afford groceries—which would be the single largest cut to food assistance in history.

The House Agriculture Committee has announced a hearing on #SNAP & work next week. With House Republicans’ budget plan laying the groundwork for $230+ billion in SNAP cuts, here's some key points to keep in mind about our nation's most important & effective anti-hunger program. 🧵

Trump & DOGE say they’re taking a chainsaw to the fed government to reduce debt and deficits, but their reported 50% cut to the IRS workforce would *cost* the government $350 billion over ten years according to @budgetlab.bsky.social It’s 100% unnecessary and counterproductive.

NEW: Some key Republicans may be planning to impose SNAP food benefit costs on states, forcing them to pay up or cut food assistance to low-income families. Here's why that would worsen hunger & hurt states' ability to meet the needs of their residents: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Check out our new paper on what a $230+ billion cut to SNAP could mean in your state.

With #SNAP benefits averaging only $6.20 per person per day, I appreciate Chair Thompson's interest in avoiding benefit cuts. But it's not possible to cut $230B+—which would be a more than 20% cut to SNAP—without cutting benefits, eligibility, or both. www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Team, we’re losing the plot. Their plan to cut people’s health care & food assistance is about paying for tax cuts for rich, not deficit reduction:

Chair Arrington’s budget resolution directs the Agriculture Committee to cut at least $230 billion. Translation: House Republicans are seeking deep cuts to #SNAP, the program that helps 42 million low-income people afford groceries, in order to give the wealthy a big tax cut.

Slashing supports for low-income families has harmful ripple effects. Because participating in SNAP or Medicaid streamlines enrollment in WIC, proposals to cut SNAP & Medicaid could also erect unnecessary paperwork barriers & jeopardize access to WIC's vital benefits.

Households who receive #SNAP have very low incomes. More than 80% of SNAP households have gross incomes at or below the poverty line ($25,820 for a family of 3 in 2025). To be clear these are the people being asked to pay their “fair share.”

With some Republicans considering cuts & harmful policy changes to #SNAP this year, let’s take a closer look at SNAP’s links to better health & lower health care costs.

Taking away $200B of health coverage and $50B in groceries for struggling families to spend it on tax cuts for the wealthy is even worse. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

New brief explores a common theme in GOP proposals to slash support for low-income people: shift huge costs to states, forcing them to cut benefits or limit eligibility. Now, Republicans are reportedly considering this as a way to cut SNAP. www.cbpp.org/research/sta...