Contrary to GOP Promises, More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes

Contrary to GOP Promises, More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes

Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But nearly a year after the measure was signed into law, the number of children receiving food assistance has plummeted by at least 776,000. At least 12 states break down program participation by age, and of the 1,670,011 people who are no longer receiving benefits in those states, 776,1…

Millions fewer people are receiving SNAP food aid. Is that a good thing?

Starting Oct. 1, states must cover 75% of SNAP's administrative costs, up from 50%. Some worry that states will reduce food benefits to pay the higher administrative costs.