A new analysis warns that large-scale loss of food assistance is "jeopardizing the short- and long-term health, education, and economic benefits of nutrition programs for our children and society."

The ++budget++ package that US President ++Donald Trump++ and congressional ++Republicans++rammed through last summer has already spurred large-scale loss of nutrition assistance among low-income ++children++, with an analysis released Wednesday estimating that more than 700,000 kids across a dozen states have lost federal food aid since the ++GOP++ law took effect.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a liberal think tank, ++found++ that the “sharp participation declines” among children likely stem from provisions of the Republican law that—for the first time in the program’s history—shift large Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (++SNAP++) benefit costs onto states. The law also expands punitive SNAP work requirements.

  • ClassStruggle@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    7 days ago

    This problem could have been solved decades ago if Democrats focused on ensuring people have livable wages instead of them needing to rely on government assistance. Livable wages would have placed them outside of government actions that led to their hunger