2017 House Budget Would Cut SNAP Significantly
The budget plan approved last week by the House Budget Committee would cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by more than $150 billion over the next ten years and force millions of Americans out of the program, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The 2017 budget would terminate SNAP benefits for about 3 million low-income people and return decisions about who qualifies for the program to states, according to the report. The authors note that these cuts would add to SNAP cuts under current law, including a time limit on benefits that will remove at least 500,000 people from the program in 2016.