More than 1 million children lost access to food benefits after Trump bill passed
Summary
Since July 2025, over 1 million children in the U.S. lost access to food benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) after a new law tightened eligibility rules. This law, called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, reduced overall participation in SNAP by more than 4 million people by March 2026.Key Facts
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed in July 2025 tightened rules for SNAP food benefits.
- More than 4 million Americans were removed from SNAP between July 2025 and March 2026.
- Over 1 million children across 19 states lost SNAP benefits during this period.
- Arizona saw the largest drop, with over 450,000 people losing benefits and participation cut in half.
- In Louisiana, nearly 25% of children on SNAP lost their benefits; Massachusetts and Texas each lost about 20% of their child participants.
- The law shifted more SNAP costs to states based on their error rates in payments.
- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities warns the situation will get worse without congressional action.
- Over 200 U.S. mayors asked the Senate to reverse the SNAP cuts to help fight the growing food insecurity problem.
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