Katie Bergh

2 months ago | cbpp.org | Dottie Rosenbaum |Katie Bergh |Wesley Tharpe

Requiring states to pay even a modest portion of SNAP benefits would radically change the program’s funding structure, abandoning the long-standing national commitment to provide low-income households a SNAP benefit sufficient to afford a basic healthy diet, and undermining SNAP’s important role as an economic stimulus during recessions.