Parts of the Republican budget will soon take effect — and with it, eligibility changes and cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that could hit nearly 144,000 Pennsylvanians who rely on the program to put food on the table.
Every month, SNAP provides more than $365 million in federally funded benefits that can only be spent on food — supporting families, 10,000 grocery stores and retailers, and more than 53,000 farms in Pennsylvania. Now, with these cuts in place, families who receive SNAP are already making different choices at the checkout line while Pennsylvania farms and food businesses brace for the ripple effects.
Source : pa.gov