US EditionTrump administration says it will withhold SNAP from Democrat-led states if they don’t provide data
The USDA targets 21 Democratic states withholding SNAP administrative funds amid refusal to share recipient data, citing fraud concerns affecting 42 million participants nationwide, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it will withhold Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds from most Democratic-controlled states starting next week until they provide requested individual data, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said.
- Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture requested all 50 states to provide SNAP data, with Brooke Rollins saying 29 red states complied but 21 blue states refuse.
- About 42 million SNAP recipients rely on benefits averaging about $190 per person, while Rollins identified California, New York and Minnesota as noncompliant states.
- Democratic states quickly sued to block the requirement, courts traded rulings on benefit cuts during the shutdown, and some states funded benefits themselves while boosting food banks.
- This year the SNAP program has drawn unusual attention, with work requirements expanding to include people ages 55 to 64 and the recipient-records fight predating recent shutdown headlines.
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Gov. Maura Healey criticizes Trump's latest SNAP funding threat
Speaking with reporters Tuesday, Healey criticized President Donald Trump's warning to withhold Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administrative funds from Massachusetts and other Democratic-led states unless those states provide certain information about those receiving the assistance.
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The spokesman-ReviewTrump admin threatened to withhold SNAP funds in Pa. and N.J. unless recipient data is released. N.J. AG called stance ‘immoral’
The Trump administration’s threat to withhold money that Democratic-run states use to administer the SNAP food aid program unless officials release personal information about individual recipients puts 2 million people in Pennsylvania and more than 800,000 in New Jersey at…
"Fraud Is Off The Charts": Ag Secretary Confirms Nearly A Million Fraudsters Have Been Removed From SNAP, Nearly Two Dozen Democrat States Are Helping The Fraudsters And Will Get Their Funding Cut Off - The American Tribune.com
Speaking during a Cabinet meeting at the Trump White House that occurred on Tuesday, December 2, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins explained that nearly two dozen Democrat-run states will get their federal funding cut unless they comply with anti-fraud measures. She also revealed that 800,000 fraudsters have already been booted off of SNAP. As background, one of the major initiatives of the Trump Administration has been shutting off the fr…
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