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Fewer Americans are getting help buying groceries from SNAP benefits as states grapple with the program’s cascade of changes

Fewer Americans are getting help buying groceries from SNAP benefits as states grapple with the program’s cascade of changes

Some of these changes have already taken effect. Others that are a year or more away could make it hard for some states to keep participating in the...

05.10.2026 10

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Tracy Roof

Who gets SNAP benefits to buy groceries and what the government pays for the program – in 5 charts

Nearly 60% of Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are either children under 18 or adults who are 60 or older.

07.11.2025 10

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Tracy Roof

Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food

There are few, if any, alternative sources of food insecurity data that don’t rely on the survey the government is ending.

02.10.2025 10

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Tracy Roof