""To be crystal clear, what this bill did was create the potential for SNAP programs to no longer exist ... in states that cannot afford to?" Rep. Shomari Figures, an Alabama Democrat, asked a panel of state and county social services officials during a congressional hearing in September. Is it correct that under the new cost-sharing arrangement, Figures continued, these states might not have it in their budgets to feed anyone at all, including children and homeless veterans?"
"It was just a glimpse of what's to come. Starting next October, Trump's so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states. Some states won't be able to afford this, and they could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether, according to the Congressional Budget Office."
Government shutdown and refusal to fund SNAP caused panic among over 40 million SNAP recipients, producing skipped meals, unfed babies, emptied food banks, and some turning to dumpster diving. Beginning next October, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act shifts billions of SNAP costs from the federal government to states, creating risk that some states cannot afford programs and may cut or eliminate SNAP per CBO projections. State and county officials confirmed that states lacking funds might be unable to feed children and homeless veterans. Twenty-six states that enacted major income and corporate tax cuts lost revenue that would have helped cover increased SNAP costs.
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