This week the House Committee on Agriculture advanced its budget bill that includes major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) − and the stakes are clear and very high. The Committee identified nearly $300 million in cost reductions to the federal government, a move that would require significant reductions in the SNAP program to meet that target, severely weakening the country’s most effective tool to combat hunger. Unless states have the funds necessary to share in the cost of SNAP, Americans will need to contend with benefit reductions from the current $6 daily average, new eligibility restrictions, or both. Meanwhile, there is a way to keep SNAP strong without making such deep cuts.
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