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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Nov 10
One reason more people are expected to lose SNAP under this proposal to gut BBCE than under a similar proposal from 2019: more states, including very red ones, have adopted or expanded BBCE in recent years because it eases a benefit cliff & encourages work. For example, Ohio:
Screenshot of a press release from the Ohio Department of Jobs and Families announcing an increase to the state's SNAP gross income limit using BBCE: "Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) Director Matt Damschroder announced a change to Ohio’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that creates a sliding scale to ease the transition off benefits. The change was approved by the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review in June and went into effect today. 'Fear of losing food benefits can be a deterrent to taking a new job, working more hours, or even accepting a promotion,' Damschroder said. 'Instead of an all-or-nothing approach, we are creating a sliding scale that encourages people to earn more by slowly reducing their benefits as their income grows. This provides an incentive to accept promotions and pay raises knowing they won’t immediately lose benefits.'"
Tyler Spence
@tspencenews
Nov 9
NEW: The USDA is proposing a new rule that they estimate will remove millions of people from SNAP.

The USDA says this is closing a "long-exploited loophole." Here's what we know in the @washingtonsun:

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Ty Jones Cox@TyJonesCox
Nov 10
In the midterm elections, the public made clear to elected officials to focus on affordability. Instead, USDA today resurrected a harmful proposed rule that by their own estimates, would take SNAP food assistance from more than 6 million people. cbpp.org/press/statemen…
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Oct 28
CBO weighs in on Senate R farm bill: The permanent future SNAP cut exceeds the cost of a 1-year cost shift delay & other investments, so there's an overall cut to nutrition programs. But billions in un-offset spending in other titles means the bill as a whole adds to the deficit.
CBO Cost Estimates@USCBOcostest
Oct 28
Estimated Budgetary Effects of S. 5526, the Agricultural Act of 2026
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Oct 22
This USDA spokesperson is correct that the number of individuals receiving SNAP benefits is constantly changing. The problem is that for over a year that number has been changing in one direction & one direction only — down — while economic conditions haven't improved.
“The number of individuals receiving benefits is constantly changing and is not representative of any one policy,” a department spokesperson said in a statement, adding that “multiple states saw declines far before the enactment of H.R. 1.” The spokesperson said households can leave SNAP after recertification because of a job or other changes in circumstances.
The Washington Sun
@washingtonsun
Oct 21
The number of people enrolled for federal food assistance has decreased by 13% since Republicans overhauled the program last July, to what one analysis says is the lowest number since 2009. washingtonsun.com/agencies/snap-…
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Oct 19
“It’s the perfect storm of long-term financial strain, disruptions related to SNAP, higher cost of living and wages not keeping pace." nytimes.com/2026/10/18/us/…
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Oct 13
Criminals have been exploiting outdated EBT card technology to steal SNAP benefits from unsuspecting low-income families. Since December 2024, the victims of this theft have had no recourse & federal action to prevent it has largely stalled — for a deeply infuriating reason:
The main thing Congress has done about SNAP theft is to abandon a previous effort to help victims. The federal government had, since late 2022, been replacing people’s stolen funds, just as banks are required to do if your debit card is hacked. As a result, 753,929 households were compensated. In December 2024, a bipartisan spending agreement that included a provision to extend these reimbursements through 2028 was on the brink of becoming law. But Elon Musk, who had been named a leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency, attacked the legislation more than 100 times on X, pushing to “defund everything.” (Musk did not reply to a request for comment.) Trump then sank the deal. Victims of SNAP theft can no longer get any of their benefits replaced. And with the government off the hook for losses, there is now less incentive to put money into the solution.
ProPublica
@propublica
Oct 13
New: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it. propub.li/4dCgOc8
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Oct 7
75% of the Louisiana families who lost SNAP after the enactment of the Republican reconciliation law were cut off for procedural reasons. Families are losing food assistance due to paperwork issues, not because they no longer meet eligibility requirements.
Many states, including Louisiana, have placed pressure on applicants to submit more information more often to verify their eligibility to reduce the state’s payment error rate and limit how much the cost of benefits shifts to the state. “It’s been a race to drive down those error rates,” Llobrera said. He said the challenge of implementing new program restrictions and requiring more documentation has increased the burden on applicants and state agencies. The agencies have to process more paperwork on a tight timeline without enough staff. This can increase the likelihood of errors when processing applications, potentially leading to rejection of benefits for more people. It’s also harder for applicants to meet additional verification requirements.
Verite News@veritenewsnola
Oct 7
It’s been more than a year since President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and SNAP enrollment is down by more than 20% in Louisiana. Anti-hunger groups say more people could lose access if states are required to cover more of the cost. ow.ly/1F1f50ZVrb0
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Oct 8
In the year after the Republican reconciliation law enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history, SNAP participation in Florida fell by 22%. About 247,000 of the more than 647,000 Floridians who lost food assistance between July 2025 & July 2026 were children.
The enrollment drop makes the growing crisis "invisible, when hundreds of thousands leave the rolls, it can look like need went down, when really it just moved to the food bank and food pantry lines," she said. In the food bank's 12-county service area, SNAP enrollment fell by about 67,000, from 280,715 to 213,654, "pulling roughly $12.7 million per month in food-assistance dollars out of our community," King said. "At a moment when groceries, health care, housing and the overall cost of living are all climbing, the safety net is contracting."
Florida Times-Union@jaxdotcom
Oct 8
Ripple effect of SNAP cuts overwhelms nonprofits, food pantries jacksonville.com/story/news/loc…
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Sep 30
"HR 1 doesn’t change who’s hungry in Swain County,” said Swain County Manager Tommy Dills. “It doesn’t change any of that. It just changes who pays for it." smokymountainnews.com/news/news-late…
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Ty Jones Cox@TyJonesCox
Oct 1
The cuts keep coming from the Republican reconciliation law.
Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Oct 1
SNAP update: Another cut from the Republican reconciliation law takes effect today, cutting the federal match for SNAP administrative costs from 50% to 25%. Every state now gets half as many federal dollars to ensure SNAP gets to eligible families on time & in the right amount.
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Oct 1
SNAP update: Another cut from the Republican reconciliation law takes effect today, cutting the federal match for SNAP administrative costs from 50% to 25%. Every state now gets half as many federal dollars to ensure SNAP gets to eligible families on time & in the right amount.
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Center for American Progress
@amprog
Sep 27
.@CenterOnBudget Chief Economist @gbenga_ajilore details the consequences of the One Big Beautiful Bill's cuts to SNAP: "That's going to be devastating for communities."
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Gbenga Ajilore
@gbenga_ajilore
Sep 16
Seeing mortgage rates nearing 7% this week has me remembering the fact that the President declined to sign the landmark housing bill.
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Sep 15
Tomorrow, the Senate Ag Committee will reconvene for another vote on Chair Boozman’s farm bill proposal, which fails to adequately address the growing hunger crisis as millions of people lose SNAP. While the bill text is the same, here's what's changed over the last few weeks.🧵
Sharon Parrott@ParrottCBPP
Aug 6
While recognizing the need to address the unfolding hunger crisis, the farm bill considered by the Sen Ag Cmte today doesn’t do enough for people losing SNAP & makes even deeper future cuts to SNAP. This fall, Congress must enact a bipartisan solution. cbpp.org/press/statemen…
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Sep 14
As SNAP enrollment in Arizona plummeted over the last year, it was clear that many families were being denied despite being eligible — often because they called & called but couldn't get through to complete the required interview. Now, we have the data:
kjzz.org/politics/2026-…
But data reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture by the Arizona Department of Economic Security — obtained by KJZZ through a public records request — supports claims from applicants who said the state has made it nearly impossible to have their SNAP eligibility verified by DES. DES’s internal records show that of all calls to the agency between October 2024 and March 2026, only 13% resulted in a completed interview with applicants — that’s nearly nine in 10 calls that were abandoned, dropped or otherwise incomplete. The agency also reported itself at fault for dropping 3,087,29 calls in that same time period, due to “call center error” and “lack of call center capacity.” During that time, DES denied applications for 54.5% applicants because they failed to complete required eligibility interviews within 30 days. The same goes for Arizonans attempting to recertify their benefits — 53.7% were denied for failure to complete their interview.
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Sep 14
Usually, we'd also be getting new data on the prevalence of food insecurity around this time. But the Trump administration abruptly terminated the government's 30-year annual food insecurity report shortly after the President signed the deepest SNAP cuts in history into law.
Center on Budget@CenterOnBudget
Sep 14
Tomorrow, the Census Bureau will release new data on income, poverty, and health insurance in 2025. Here’s what our experts will be watching for in the latest data: cbpp.org/research/pover…
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Zoe Neuberger@zoeneuberger
Sep 8
As children return to school, they're facing an unfolding hunger crisis. Well over 1.5 million children likely have lost SNAP since July 2025, increasing their risk of poor health & food insecurity while making it harder to get free #schoolmeals or #WIC. cbpp.org/blog/with-scho…
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Zoe Neuberger@zoeneuberger
Aug 31
At the close of National Breastfeeding Month, here’s a poignant description of the important role #WIC plays in supporting breastfeeding for low-income parents.
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Aug 31
Between July 2025 & June 2026, SNAP enrollment in Louisiana fell by 21%. Almost half of the roughly 170,000 Louisianans who lost food assistance were children. cbpp.org/research/food-…
Invest in Louisiana@InvestLouisiana
Aug 31
Monthly reports from the Louisiana Department of Health and an analysis by Invest in Louisiana both show that roughly 3 in 4 people were removed from #SNAP for procedural reasons, not because they were ineligible.
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Katie Bergh@Katie_Bergh
Aug 26
“Not much effect?” Based on available data from 25 states, we estimate that well over 1.5 million kids nationwide have lost SNAP in the wake of the unprecedented cuts in the Republican reconciliation law. Many of those kids & their families lost SNAP despite still being eligible.
Bulwark Clips
@BulwarkClips
Aug 26
Q: “Are either of you concerned that the reduction in funding for SNAP and the reduction in eligibility for SNAP will reduce access to food for children and families?”

Sec. Kennedy: “I don't think it's gonna have that much effect.”
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