Medicaid, food aid recipients worry about safety net cuts in bill sent ...

'A Terrible Time': Food Banks Brace for Demand Surge Fueled by Devastating Trump SNAP Cuts

"All of this is happening so that billionaires will receive new tax breaks, a cruel juxtaposition as millions of our nation's children will lose access to basic nutrition," said one anti-hunger advocate.

Food banks tightening their belts despite increased demand

Food banks in Ohio are bracing themselves for an increase in demand after federal cuts to food aid, despite also dealing with budget cuts at the state level.

Medicaid, food aid recipients worry about safety net cuts in bill sent ...

‘Big’ Legislative Package Shifts More Of SNAP’s Costs To States, Saving Federal Dollars But Causing Fewer Americans To Get Help Paying For Food

Medicaid and SNAP recipients are arrested during a protest of proposed cuts to social safety net programs in the Rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building, Wednesday, June 25, 2025 in Washington. (Kevin Wolf / AP Content Services for The Debt Collective) By Tracy RoofThe ConversationThe legislative package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, has several provisions that will shrink the safety net, including the Suppl…

A Devastating Bill Becomes Law

Our best hope for turning our country around lies in rural grassroots organizing. We have to step it up. By Dr. Barbara Vasquez, WORC board chair In my lifetime, there have been few national events that have saddened me more than the passage last week of the budget reconciliation bill. With this bill now law, I mourn for the millions of families and children who will go hungry and have to endure poorer health as a result of the $186 billion it c…