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SNAP cuts could lead to kids losing free school breakfast and lunch
More than 5.6 million people lost SNAP coverage in a year, and schools with mixed-income enrollment could lose federal meal reimbursements.
- More than 1 million American children lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program following a recent federal law, now threatening their free meal eligibility as schools start the new term.
- Last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act implemented new SNAP work requirements and pushed costs onto states; federal school meal reimbursements rely on SNAP enrollment rates, so declining participation jeopardizes funding for entire districts.
- Marion County Public Schools projects federal reimbursements will drop from about 93% to about 75% of students, while Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida stopped offering universal free meals at 500-plus locations.
- Tennessee parent Anthony Bonner lost his $250 monthly SNAP benefit in March, now struggling to feed his family. Clarissa Hayes, deputy director of child nutrition programs at the Food Research & Action Center, warns cuts will "increase hunger at home and in the classroom."
- Nine states currently provide universal free school meals—California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York and Vermont—but Maine spends $64 million annually to supplement federal reimbursements, a cost likely to rise.
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SNAP cuts could lead to kids losing free school breakfast and lunch • Kentucky Lantern
Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million American children have lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, following a recent federal law. Now, as schools gear up for a new term, […]
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