More than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program

Louisiana sees 22% drop in the number of children receiving SNAP benefits

Tracy Bryce, 59, of District Heights, Maryland, unloads produce from a moving truck at a special food distribution for furloughed federal workers sponsored by the Capital Area Food Bank and No Limits Outreach Ministries on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)This report was originally published by ProPublica. As a U.S. House committee debated President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill last year, Republica…

Trump changes to SNAP took access away from 770,000 children

As a House committee debated President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill last year, Republican backers repeatedly emphasized that its changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, wouldn’t affect vulnerable people. SNAP reforms would “restore integrity” to the program and ensure it works for the “most vulnerable among us, including children,” said Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, a Pennsylvania Republi…

More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes federal food program

This story was originally published by ProPublica. As a House committee debated President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill last year, Republican backers repeatedly emphasized that its changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, wouldn’t affect vulnerable people. SNAP reforms would “restore integrity” to the program and ensure it works for the “most vulnerable among us, including children,” sa…

'That's a Record': Trump Boasts of His Food-Stamp Cuts as 770,000 Children Dropped Off the Rolls

More than 770,000 children have vanished from America's food-stamp rolls since Donald Trump rewrote the rules, even as the president keeps branding the collapse a record-setting win. A ProPublica investigation published on 17 June 2026 found that at least 776,134 children stopped receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (SNAP) benefits in the year after Trump signed his sweeping domestic policy law. The children make up nearly half …