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WASHINGTON, February 27, 2025 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), the nation’s leading anti-hunger advocacy organization, today released state-by-state fact sheets that illustrate how proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would impact struggling households and local economies across the country.
More than 42 million people rely on SNAP to keep food on the table. FRAC’s fact sheets show the majority of SNAP participants includes households with children, older adults, people with disabilities, and those living in rural areas. The proven nutrition program supports low-wage working families, farmers, and food retailers and plays a key role in supporting local economies. During a downturn, every SNAP dollar generates upwards of $1.80 in total economic activity.
Despite being a cost-effective program, some Republicans in Congress are looking to slash funding for SNAP to pay for tax cuts.
“The proposed SNAP cuts would strip away food assistance from millions of families, increase hunger and negative health outcomes and weaken local economies. These proposals would have devastating consequences for communities across the country,” said Crystal FitzSimons, interim president of FRAC.
The average SNAP benefit hovers around $6 per person per day, and is often not enough to last for an entire month. Cutting these already inadequate benefits would push people deeper into poverty and hunger and place additional strain on social services and charitable organizations.
“Charity and local governments can’t do it alone. Congress must act to protect and strengthen SNAP to ensure that all households have access to the nutrition they need,” said FitzSimons.
Next month, FRAC will host its SNAP Challenge, March 18–20, 2025, to encourage lawmakers, individuals, and families to get a glimpse of the difficult choices many people face to get the nutrition they need on the average SNAP benefit, and to urge Congress to reject any proposals that would weaken this proven program.
To understand how the proposed cuts would impact households in your state, view FRAC’s state-by-state fact sheets.
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