Trump law to cut food stamps for 2.4 million people as job rules expand | Trump administration

Reductions in Republican-led public aid programs – according to Donald Trump’s administration – The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that it will result in 2.4 million Americans accepting food stamps, including families with children.

estimate, Published on Monday It is predicted that the average monthly number of people receiving food stamp benefits will fall after Republican lawmakers expand their job requirements to certain parents, older participants and others.

Replenish Nutrition The Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, provides an average of 41.7 million people per month in 2024, accounting for 12.3% of the U.S. population. The program’s federal spending totaled nearly $100 billion, with an average earning of $187.20 per month.

But Trump’s Congressional Agenda Act (the president signed the bill in July) requires parents of dependent children to work for the benefits of their food stamps. The SNAP program has long required certain sound adults to work for more than three months of benefits.

However, the bill expands the requirements for parents of dependent children – requiring children over 14 to attend work training voluntarily or at least 80 hours a month.

The bill – which takes more responsibility for the state for food programs and other benefits – requires adults aged 55 to 64, veterans, experienced homelessness and former foster youth to meet the mission, although it exempts Native Americans, According to CNN.

The CBO estimates that due to the bill, American families will increase the increase in resources they are available to them on average—but “changes in resources will not be evenly distributed among households.”

The CBO estimates that those who may lose snapshot benefits include 300,000 adults with children aged 14 and over.

“It is estimated that overall, households will reduce resources at the bottom of the income distribution, while household resources at the middle and top of the income distribution will increase,” the agency said.

But the highest income earnings are nearly $700,000, with an average income of $13,600, and about 2.7%.

Overall, middle-income Americans earn about $86,000 on average and will receive $800 in federal aid overall, while those earning less than $24,000 are expected to fall by about $1,200 a year.

As the federal government is transferring the cost of welfare programs to states, it is estimated.

“Hunger is a public health crisis and SNAP is one of the most effective tools we must address – reducing food insecurity, improving health and reducing long-term health care costs,” he said. The Center for Food Research and Action said recently The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved to limit certain junk foods, including soda and candy, that can be purchased with Snap benefits.

“For years, SNAP has used taxpayer funds to fund soda and candy – products that fuel the diabetes and chronic disease epidemic in the United States,” HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr said in a statement.

But the Center for Food Research and Action says Trump administration “There is a need to stop being a food cop and start investing in real solutions”.

“This means increasing snapshot benefits, expanding access to affordable food, and expanding evidence-based programs such as fruit and vegetable incentives,” the organization said.