The USDA is terminating future Household Food Security Reports. The agency says the redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger.
The study was initially created by the Clinton administration as a means to support the increase of SNAP eligibility and benefit allotments. The USDA said that for 30 years, this study failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal fodder.
“Trends in the prevalence of food insecurity have remained virtually unchanged, regardless of a more than 87 percent increase in SNAP spending between 2019 and 2023,” the agency said in a release.
About 2.4 million fewer Americans, including families with children, are predicted to receive food stamp benefits every month after lawmakers expanded work requirements for some parents, older SNAP enrollees, and others. That’s according to the Congressional Budget Office Analysis done in August.
Recipients will see their assistance shrink as food banks cope with increased demand.
