Overview

• The Congressional Budget Office projects roughly 2 million Americans will lose SNAP benefits, including about 800,000 children and 500,000 seniors or disabled adults.
• New eligibility rules raise the SNAP work requirement to 80 hours per month for adults up to age 64 and remove most caregiver exemptions.
• Colorado faces reductions for approximately 27,000 residents under the tightened criteria, adding pressure to state budgets and food assistance programs.
• Cuts to Medicaid funding threaten services for over 10 million beneficiaries, exacerbating pediatric care shortages in an already strained system.
• Federal cancellation of emergency food shipments has caused food banks to lose more than seven million pounds of supplies amid rising demand.