US EditionFood Banks and Federal Cuts — Brian Banks
- The U.S. House approved a 2025 budget reconciliation measure that includes nearly $300 billion in reductions and major reforms affecting the SNAP food assistance initiative.
- These cuts and changes, estimated to impact 3.2 million people nationally including 13,000 Nebraskans, stem from plans to shift costs and alter work requirements as reported by the Congressional Budget Office and policy groups.
- Local food banks like Together Omaha have seen a 50% increase in visitors in early 2025 and warn that SNAP cuts could create pantry lines resembling the pandemic's early stages.
- Mike Hornacek, CEO of Together Omaha, expressed concern that lawmakers underestimate the strain federal SNAP cuts would place on food pantries, noting that nonprofits currently lack the capacity to absorb the additional demand such reductions would cause.
- If enacted, these changes could worsen food insecurity, overwhelm local food banks, and force strained states to make difficult budget decisions amid rising needs.
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Food banks and federal cuts — Brian Banks
The U.S. House’s recent passage of the budget reconciliation bill could upend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — formerly known as food stamps. As written, it would permanently change its structure and cut $300 billion over the next decade.…
GOP cuts to food assistance would hit rural America especially hard • Louisiana Illuminator
Volunteers with Food Bank for the Heartland distribute food in Weeping Water, Neb., in September 2024. The nonprofit, which serves 93 counties across Nebraska and Iowa, is concerned about the impacts of potential cuts to federal food assistance, particularly in rural areas. (Photo courtesy of Food Bank for the Heartland)People in Marsha Keene’s community are already struggling to cover the basics. Most of the clients Keene serves at the Susanna …
Ohio Capital Journal
Advocates: Huge numbers of Ohioans stand to lose food benefits if GOP House budget becomes law
A food drive. Stock photo from Getty Images.The executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks is trying to get the word out: If the budget passed by the U.S. House of Representatives becomes reality, it could trash the state budget and make many, many Ohioans go hungry. The matter goes next to the U.S. Senate. But the members of the Ohio delegation aren’t talking. The House-passed Republican reconciliation budget — President Donald Tru…
Already struggling to meet need, Omaha food pantries see catastrophe in historic SNAP cuts
Local nonprofit leaders and advocates say potential cuts to SNAP would lead to more people turning to Omaha area food pantries that are already feeling the effects of a “hunger crisis.”
The Tribune-Democrat
FEDERAL FALLOUT | 'Isn't a handout': Proposed SNAP cuts could impact residents' access to local food options, advocates say
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