Overview
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says all SNAP participants will need to reapply, though the start date and mechanics have not been detailed.
- Rollins cites early reviews showing roughly 186,000 deceased individuals listed as receiving benefits and about 500,000 duplicate enrollments across states.
- USDA figures for Q1 2025 report more than 226,000 fraudulent claims and 691,000 fraudulent transactions costing over $102 million, with Rollins saying there have been hundreds of related arrests.
- State agencies, including Oregon’s Department of Human Services, report they have not received federal instructions and cannot launch a mass reapplication process.
- SNAP serves about 42 million people, recent shutdown-related delays in November payments have been addressed, and newly expanded work requirements could remove millions from the rolls.