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At least 1.5 million children have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits since US President Donald Trump signed the Republican budget package into law last summer, enacting the largest cuts to federal food aid in the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

The new estimate of food aid loss among children comes from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), which said Tuesday that SNAP participation was down by over 4.5 million people overall between July 2025 and April 2026. Refuting the Trump administration\u2019s narrative, the liberal think tank emphasized that the unemployment rate nationwide has been roughly flat since last July, meaning it is \u201cvery unlikely that reduced need is driving the decline in SNAP participation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arizona has seen the most staggering decline in SNAP participation. It has fallen 48% overall and 49% among children in the state since enactment of the Trump-GOP budget law, which instituted new work-reporting requirements for some recipients and punishments for states with elevated payment error rates. Under Republican law, states will for the first time have to pay a portion of SNAP benefit costs, which previously were fully covered by the federal government.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrotesque and indefensible,\u201d policy analyst Michael Linden wrote in response to the new data, noting that the Republican budget law slashed taxes for wealthy households while decimating SNAP.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, The New York Times<\/em> published a report detailing the horror show residents have experienced as they\u2019ve attempted to reenroll in SNAP after improperly losing benefits due to bureaucratic chaos stemming from the GOP law.<\/p>\n

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As states have raced to limit the massive new costs they will soon face under the law’s cost shift, many eligible families are losing SNAP because they can\u2019t navigate new bureaucratic obstacles & understaffed states can\u2019t keep up with the added paperwork. https:\/\/t.co\/DOCI3axDed pic.twitter.com\/8OzMUpkLc7<\/p>\n

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Sharon Parrott, CBPP\u2019s president, said Tuesday that the consequences of the massive SNAP cuts \u2014 totaling around $200 billion over the next decade \u2014 have been \u201cstark: an ill grandmother raising teens can\u2019t get her SNAP reinstated despite being eligible, and parents are skipping meals to save food for their children. Families who have had their food assistance taken away are turning to overburdened food banks, which cannot fill the gap.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHouse Republicans are looking past this emergency in their budget legislation \u2014 while using it to help farmers struggling with high costs due to Trump\u2019s tariffs and oil prices driven up by the war in Iran,\u201d said Parrott, referring to the GOP\u2019s new reconciliation package.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe damage from the SNAP cuts could worsen quickly as some states are ending their SNAP programs entirely<\/em> as soon as October 2027, when the cost shift takes effect. States unable or unwilling to pay the costs they incur will have no choice but to end the program,\u201d Parrott warned. \u201cPeople across the US consistently say they want Washington to focus on affordability, especially the cost of food. Mitigating last year\u2019s cuts to SNAP and staunching the number of families and children losing SNAP would be a good place to start.\u201d<\/p>\n

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