{"id":4175,"date":"2026-11-11T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T04:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4175"},"modified":"2026-11-11T09:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T04:03:50","slug":"trump-administration-moves-to-cut-food-stamps-for-6-3-million-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4175","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration moves to cut food stamps for 6.3 million people"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Trump administration \u200con Tuesday moved to cut millions more Americans from the nation\u2019s largest food assistance program, even as enrollment continues to fall from other administration cuts<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A proposed rule issued by the US Department \u200bof Agriculture would curb automatic eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, \u200balso known as food stamps, for households receiving cash aid under \u2060the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program.<\/p>\n

Currently, households receiving TANF benefits qualify for \u200bSNAP without needing to meet federal income thresholds. TANF eligibility varies by state but \u200bis generally 130% to 200% of the federal poverty level. SNAP eligibility is generally 130% of the federal poverty level.<\/p>\n

Under the USDA\u2019s proposed change, nearly 18% of SNAP recipients, or about 6.3 \u200bmillion people, would lose benefits, according to an agency analysis included in the \u200bproposed rule.<\/p>\n

The changes would make SNAP eligibility more standardised and \u201cpreserve benefits for the truly needy,\u201d the \u200crule \u2060said.<\/p>\n

More than 5.5 million people have already lost SNAP benefits since President Donald Trump<\/a> enacted cuts to the program in his July 2025 tax law, bringing enrollment to about 36 million people, according to USDA data.<\/p>\n

The enrollment decline is partly due to \u200bstruggles by states \u200bto implement administrative \u2060changes to the program and also to absorb high new costs<\/a> from Trump\u2019s law.<\/p>\n

Because SNAP enrollment also confers eligibility for other food \u200baid programs, the USDA estimates that 1.8 million children would \u200balso lose \u2060eligibility for free school lunch under its proposed rule.<\/p>\n

Democratic Representative Angie Craig of Minnesota, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, in a statement called the rule \u201cheartless and \u2060cruel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposed \u200brule would make it harder to meet basic \u200bneeds and roll back efforts to streamline federal programs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The public will have 30 days to \u200bcomment on the proposed rule.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Trump administration \u200con Tuesday moved to cut millions more Americans from the nation\u2019s largest food assistance program, even as enrollment continues to fall from other administration cuts. A proposed rule issued by the US Department \u200bof Agriculture would curb automatic eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, \u200balso known as food stamps, for households receiving cash aid under \u2060the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. Currently, households receiving TANF benefits qualify for \u200bSNAP without needing to meet federal income thresholds. TANF eligibility varies by state but \u200bis generally 130%…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}