SNAP Impact Assessment [stateofobesity.org]

Alicia Doktor 9/18/184:00 AM

About one in 11 households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits would lose eligibility under certain provisions of the House Farm Bill—H.R. 2, the Agriculture Improvement Act—according to a microsimulation conducted by Mathematica Policy Research. Using SNAP data from fiscal year 2015, the analysis, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found that nearly 2 million participating households would no longer be eligible.

Among these households, 34% (677,000 households) include seniors, 23% (469,000 households) include children, and 11% (214,000 households) include those with a disability. Of the households with children losing eligibility, more than half (53%) live in poverty.

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[For more on this report, go to https://stateofobesity.org/snap-impact-assessment/]

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