Food stamp changes will cost states billions, raising fears about SNAP’s future

Upcoming funding shifts in the federal food stamp program are poised to cost states billions of dollars, heightening fears that more Americans will lose access to the nation’s largest food assistance program. Beginning in fall 2027, states for the first time must begin to fund some SNAP benefits themselves. Analyses of newly released data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows states could be on the hook for more than $9 billion.

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Billions for the next 3 years of Trump’s mass deportation campaign signed into law

Democrats pressed for guardrails after immigration officers shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in January. But when talks broke down, Republican lawmakers drafted their own bill without any additional constraints. The measure moved through Congress this month with nearly every Republican voting to approve the additional spending, which will last through September 2029.

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