Overview

• The Agriculture Department said the Household Food Security Report’s 2024 edition, due Oct. 22, will be the final release.
• Officials called the survey “overly politicized” with “subjective” questions and pledged to substitute “more timely and accurate” measures.
• The cancellation follows July’s law tightening SNAP eligibility, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will remove about 3 million people from benefits.
• Anti-hunger groups and some lawmakers warn the loss of decades of county-level data will hinder targeting relief and evaluating program changes.
• The report has run since the mid-1990s and most recently found 13.5% of households were food insecure in 2023, with the decision first reported by the Wall Street Journal.