This legislation aims to reduce federal spending on SNAP by approximately $267 billion to $300 billion over the next decade. These cuts are part of a broader fiscal strategy to balance the cost of tax benefits,

The House Agriculture Committee approved nearly $300 billion in cuts to SNAP benefits, putting many at risk of hunger.

States will likely serve fewer people in need of food assistance, experts say, as Congress says it’s rooting out waste to meet spending-reduction goals for tax cuts.

While monthly SNAP benefits vary widely from state to state, the national average maximum monthly benefit in fiscal 2025 for a single-person household is $292 and $975 for a four-person household. The average benefit is about $6 per day, or about $180 per month.

Almost 60% of surveyed shoppers oppose cutting or reducing funding for the food assistance program, FMI shared last week.

The bill also includes more than $5 trillion in tax cuts, changes to the tax code and aid for farmers. SNAP is a federally funded program that gives money for groceries to more than 40 million ...

President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts federal funding for SNAP. North Carolina would have to find $229 million per year to fill the gap.

The vice president of research for Feeding America says reducing funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could worsen hunger and economic strain across the U.S. Emily Engelhard says,

Congressional Republicans are on the precipice of approving $290 billion in cuts to the largest low-income anti-hunger program in the nation. People who rely on the program, already pressured by food price surges,

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services estimates cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could cost all Wisconsin residents $314 million each year. The cuts to SNAP funding, included in the budget bill passed by the U.

The GOP-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes some big changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.