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A significant contributor to food insecurity, “churn” occurs when households experience temporary disenrollment from SNAP, often due to administrative challenges during recertification. The far-reaching SNAP cuts in H.R. 1 are likely to intensify churn. Learn more in FRAC’s research brief, an essential resource for those dedicated to improving food security among older adults.

Congress must pass legislation to strengthen SNAP. Explore FRAC’s legislative priorities for SNAP in this 2026 leave behind for the FRAC National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference. 

Among H.R. 1’s changes to SNAP policy is the exclusion of internet expenses from the shelter deduction. Learn how advocates can take proactive steps to minimize harm and ensure households can continue to access both utilities and the food they need in FRAC’s fact sheet. 

Congress must take immediate action to ensure the Farm Bill — or any legislation — reverses the devastating cuts and harmful impacts on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) that were included in the budget reconciliation law, H.R. 1. Protecting SNAP is protecting America’s health, economy, and future. 

Download this practical checklist to help transition‑age youth with foster care experience and/or housing insecurity keep or apply for SNAP as new time limits from the budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) take effect. It equips advocates and caseworkers with clear guidance to support young people who rely on SNAP to put food on the table while navigating the adult world of work, training, and housing.

Discover model state policies and best practices to help SNAP agencies better support transition‑age youth (TAY) who have experience in foster care and/or are homeless—including strategies to mitigate the harm of expanded SNAP time limits.

Learn why SNAP matters and how H.R. 1’s wide-ranging cuts undermine this proven federal nutrition program in this Playbook from FRAC and the State Revenue Alliance.

No state is insulated from the fiscal consequences of the budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1). Learn how your state would be impacted by the law’s SNAP cost-shift provisions. This table provides a state-by-state snapshot of economic conditions and the new financial burdens imposed on states  by H.R. 1.

Wide-ranging SNAP cuts in the the budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) have the potential to impact access to the child nutrition programs, making children hungry at home and at school. Learn more in FRAC’s policy brief, Cuts to SNAP Threaten the Child Nutrition Programs. 

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the most effective federal programs for reducing
hunger, stabilizing household finances, and supporting state and local economies. The budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1/OBBBA) fundamentally reshapes SNAP financing by shifting benefit costs and increasing administrative expenses to states. Learn how H.R. 1’s SNAP cost-shifts will increase hunger strain state budgets, and deepen economic risk in FRAC’s two-pager.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) relies on a nationwide network of retailers to ensure eligible households can purchase food each month. Yet, a new effort is being led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promote state-level food choice restriction waivers, which threatens to disrupt this system. Learn more in FRAC’s research brief.

More children are getting the nutrition they need from afterschool snacks and suppers offered by the Afterschool Nutrition Programs, according to FRAC’s latest report, Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation in October 2024. Read the strategies in the report to learn how even more children can be reached with these programs.

Too many older adults in New Jersey lack consistent access to enough food for healthy, active lives. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s first line of defense against hunger. The program’s support helps to reduce the difficult choices older adults might have to make, such as skipping meals to afford medication. Learn how SNAP supports older adults and explore best practices for connecting older adults to SNAP in New Jersey. 

Participation in the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program rebounded slightly during the 2023–2024 school year, with more students across the country accessing these meals than the previous year, according to FRAC’s Large School District Report: A Snapshot of School Meals Participation in October 2023.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal commitment to prevent hunger among Americans with low incomes, and in doing so, safeguards the nation’s health and strengthens its agricultural economy. USDA must act now to prevent hunger during the ongoing government shutdown. Learn more in FRAC’s 2025 Leave Behind.