SNAP
Rising food prices hit low-income people hardest. SNAP can help.
Food insecurity disproportionately hits Black and Hispanic older adults.
The coronavirus pandemic dominated our Thinking Policy blog in 2020, just as it dominated everyone’s lives.
Here’s what we know about older SNAP households and what they need at this point to weather the pandemic.
Increased need calls for higher SNAP benefits during COVID-19.
SNAP, formerly "food stamps," needs additional investments and flexibility to respond to the pandemic.
One in four older black and Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries is food insecure.
A proposed rule would disproportionately impact SNAP households with seniors.
A proposed rule could harm older Americans' health and financial security
Recent federal proposals would add additional barriers to an already underused program, including efforts to require older adults to prove they’re engaging in work activities for a certain number of hours per week or risk losing SNAP after three months