Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10107: National education and obesity prevention grant program Plain-English Summary Section 10107 ends the permanent mandatory funding stream for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program, commonly known as SNAP-Ed, after fiscal year 2025.[1] The section does this through a short statutory edit:…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10106: Administrative cost sharing Executive Summary Section 10106 changes who pays to administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). It amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 so that, beginning in fiscal year 2027, the federal government reimburses states for 25 percent of most approved SNAP administrative…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10105: Matching funds requirements Executive Summary Section 10105 changes SNAP’s benefit-financing structure by requiring states with SNAP payment error rates of 6 percent or higher to pay part of the cost of SNAP benefit allotments beginning in fiscal year 2028.[1] Before this change, SNAP household benefits were federally…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10104: Restrictions on internet expenses Executive Summary Section 10104 changes SNAP benefit calculations by prohibiting internet service fees from being counted when calculating the excess shelter expense deduction under Section 5(e)(6) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.[1] In practical terms, households can no longer use internet…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10103: Availability of standard utility allowances based on receipt of energy assistance Executive Summary Section 10103 narrows when receipt of energy assistance can automatically qualify a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program household for the Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowance, or HCSUA. Before this change, a household generally could…

Home/All Topics/Impact Legislative and Policy Analysis Section 10102: Modifications to SNAP work requirements for able-bodied adults Executive Summary Section 10102 narrows access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by expanding the population subject to the able-bodied adult work requirement and by limiting state waiver flexibility. It amends Section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act…