US Edition2.5 Million Americans Lost Food Aid in Months After Passage of GOP Megabill, Study Finds
CBPP said the law’s new work rules and state cost shifts helped push SNAP participation down 6% in six months.
- A new Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis found 2.5 million fewer Americans received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits between July and December 2025 following the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
- President Donald Trump signed the legislation in July 2025, which included roughly $186 billion in cuts and shifted costs to states, creating incentives for officials to restrict access to control program error rates.
- USDA data shows a total annual drop of 3.4 million people, or roughly 8% of the program's total, while Arizona experienced a 47% decline affecting about 424,000 residents.
- While a USDA spokesperson applauded the decline citing efforts to strengthen "program integrity," CBPP senior director of research for food assistance Joseph Llobrera argues the law forces states to improperly deny benefits.
- Once the law's changes are fully implemented, analysts estimate that 4 million people in a typical month will lose out on SNAP benefits as states adjust budgets to comply with new requirements.
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2.5 million lose food aid as Republicans slash SNAP as part of GOP megabill
At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal government to states, according to a study the Cente...
2.5 million Americans lost food aid in months after passage of GOP megabill, study finds • SC Daily Gazette
The entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Stock photo by hapabapa/Getty Images)At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal government to states, according to a study the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published Wednesday. So…
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2.5 million Americans lost food aid in months after passage of GOP megabill, study finds
The entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Stock photo by hapabapa/Getty Images)At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal government to states, according to a study the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published Wednesday. So…
GOP SNAP Cuts Leave 2.5 Million Without Food Aid
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Millions of Americans lost access to federal food assistance in the months following a major 2025 law that tightened eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that about 2.5 million people—roughly 6% of SNAP recipients—were no longer receiving benefits by the end of 2025 after President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law. …
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