SNAP Cost Shifts Will Increase Hunger
Tomorrow, January 15th is the National #StopThatSNAPShift Day of action. Use FRAC’s tool below to take action and send a letter to Congress urging them to repeal harmful SNAP cuts and repeal the disastrous administrative and benefit cost shift to states.
Last Year, Congress passed “the Big Beautiful Bill” HR1. Along with direct impacts to SNAP recipients including harsh work requirements that have begun to kick people off the program, the bill includes shifting a higher cost share to states that will further strain the program's ability to protect people from hunger.
Administrative costs previously were split 50/50 between federal and state. Now, states will take on half of the federal administrative costs to cover a total 75% of administrative costs. In addition, states must pay a share of SNAP food benefits based on their payment error rates.
These two cost shift provisions could cost Pennsylvania between $100 million and $450 million each year to maintain current benefit levels.
States will have to raise taxes, cut other core services - or potentially eliminate their SNAP program. Congress must take action to ensure the long term stability of this essential program – and safeguard our nation's first line of defense against hunger.
Learn more from this one-pager by the Food Research & Action Network “SNAP Cost-Shifts Will Increase Hunger, Strain State Budgets, and Deepen Economic Risk (FRAC).”
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