US EditionThe Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean?
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins aims to reduce fraud in SNAP by proposing reexamination of 42 million beneficiaries, despite low fraud rates of about 1.6%, experts say.
- Thursday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins proposed reexamining over 40 million SNAP beneficiaries and suggested they reapply to combat fraud, waste, and abuse.
- Amid recent shutdown-related benefit disruptions, Brooke Rollins cited submissions from 29 mostly Republican-run states and said data from 21 other states would enable a program overhaul.
- Federal reports find low participant-fraud rates, with higher retailer trafficking noted as about 26,000 applications were referred for review—roughly 0.1% of 22.7 million households—and retailer trafficking was about 1.6%, Congressional Research Service found.
- Critics warn the proposal would create paperwork backlogs and drop eligible people, noting about 40% of SNAP participants are children and the comments add confusion after the shutdown.
- Policy analysts caution that universal reapplication could shrink enrollment and deepen hardships, noting the average SNAP household benefit $332 in fiscal 2023 worsens strain on low-income families under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean?
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Oct. 31, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The House speaker's office held the news conference on the 31st day of the government shutdown to discuss food stamp programs running out of funding. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befud…
The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean?
By Jacob Fischler, Kansas Reflector U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean?
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Oct. 31, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The House speaker's office held the news conference on the 31st day of the government shutdown to discuss food stamp programs running out of funding. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befud…
The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean? - Butler County Times-Gazette
By Jacob Fischler Kansas Reflector U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befuddled advocates and lawmakers, coming mere days after recipients began to see benefits that had been stalled during the government shutdown. Details remain scant a week after Rollins during an interview on the right-wing Newsmax network first publicly broached the startling ide…
The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean?
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Oct. 31, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The House speaker's office held the news conference on the 31st day of the government shutdown to discuss food stamp programs running out of funding. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befud…
The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean?
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Oct. 31, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The House speaker's office held the news conference on the 31st day of the government shutdown to discuss food stamp programs running out of funding. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befud…
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