Summer 2025 marked the second year of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program (Summer EBT). The program, also known as SUN Bucks, provides families with $120 in grocery benefits for each school-age child who is eligible for free or reduced-price school meals. Thirty-seven states, five Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs), and all five U.S. territories participated this past summer.
Nov 07, 2025
Gina Plata-Nino, JD, Director, SNAP, Food Research & Action Center
The country is facing an unnecessary, self-inflicted emergency: the Trump administration’s refusal to provide food assistance via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to millions of Americans despite clear legal authority and available funding. States, municipalities, nonprofits, courts, and advocates have had to step in to protect the nation’s most vulnerable families.
Oct 31, 2025
Gina Plata-Nino, JD, SNAP Director, FRAC, and John Foti, Deputy Executive Director & Legislative Director, Americans for Tax Fairness
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1). Republicans called it a victory for taxpayers, claiming it would save money and boost incomes. The reality is the opposite. The law shifts wealth upward on an unprecedented scale, cutting food assistance and health care coverage for millions to pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires and large corporations.