Stop the USDA From Cutting Off Hungry Families

 The USDA’s decision to block the administrative funds that states need to operate the SNAP program is a direct threat to millions of families who rely on food assistance. Recent reporting shows that the agency is freezing the basic operational dollars that allow states to process applications, issue benefits, and keep SNAP running. Without this funding, states will be forced to reduce the number of beneficiaries even as hunger reaches crisis levels nationwide.

This freeze comes just months after the largest SNAP cut in the program’s history was passed in the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill. Now the administration is escalating the crisis further by threatening to withhold food assistance from states unless they hand over sensitive personal data on recipients. ABC7 reports that this standoff could block food aid to entire states. Common Dreams warns that food banks are already overwhelmed, and hunger experts say the nation is facing a growing emergency.

Food insecurity continues to rise, grocery prices remain high, and families are already struggling to get by. Undocumented immigrants are already excluded from SNAP, so this fight is not about changing eligibility. It is about whether eligible families — children, seniors, veterans, and working parents — will even be able to access the program.

The USDA must restore these administrative funds before states finalize their SNAP distribution schedules for January and February. Every day of delay increases the risk that families will lose the essential food assistance they rely on.

Add your name to demand immediate action. Tell Secretary Brooke Rollins to restore SNAP administrative funding now and stop sabotaging the nation’s most important anti-hunger program.