SNAP changes are reshaping America's food safety net, threatening food access for millions

One Year Later: How H.R. 1's SNAP Policy Changes Are Reverberating Across the Food System

In July 2025, the passage of H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” set in motion the most consequential changes to the federal food safety net since its inception. For the more than 37 million Americans who count on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to meet their basic food needs, the law’s implications are wide-ranging, from restrictions on eligibility to cuts to monthly benefits. H.R. 1 also carries downstream effects beyond SNAP. It has consequences for participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, federal school meals, Medicaid, and the emergency food system – and raises pointed questions about the administration’s parallel agendas to both reduce federal spending and improve Americans’ diets and health. This brief, produced by the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Global Food Institute at the George Washington University, brings together available information on H.R. 1’s scope, its ripple effects, and the communities most at risk of losing funding and food access as its provisions continue to unfold. View the resource below to keep reading.

NANA letter opposing USDA Food and Nutrition Service reorganization

The USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers sixteen federal nutrition programs, thus serving as the foundation of our nation's nutrition policy and hunger relief services. The undersigned organizations of the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) oppose USDA's efforts to reorganize and relocate FNS staff as these changes will lead to a loss of critical agency personnel, expertise, and coordination, negatively impacting the households, communities, and schools served by these programs.

NANA FY27 Agriculture Appropriations Priorities

NANA Child Nutrition FY27 Appropriations Sign-on Letter

This letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations urges appropriators to keep out policy riders and report language that negatively impact child nutrition programs operations and fully fund programs and technical assistance.

Comment RE: Request for information on opportunities, challenges, and emerging areas in statistical data, analysis, and research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture

On behalf of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, please accept these comments on the United States Department of Agriculture’s request for information on opportunities, challenges, and emerging areas in statistical data, analysis, and research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This comment responds to Questions 1 and 3-7 in the USDA Request for Information regarding Economic Research Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, and Office of the Chief Economist’s World Agricultural Outlook Board statistical and research products. To read the comment, view the resource below.

The Farm Bill: An opportunity to strengthen nutrition equity

The Farm Bill offers an opportunity to reimagine how nutrition and food policies can deliver a stronger, healthier, more just food system for everyone.

Supported legislation to promote nutrition security through the farm bill

Nutrition and food safety at risk amid government shutdown

The 2025 government shutdown has put SNAP and WIC funding, food safety, and healthcare at risk for millions of people.

CSPI urges swift shutdown resolution to ensure critical food safety and nutrition programs are operational