USDA Proposal Would Drop Millions From SNAP Under Tighter Eligibility
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed stricter SNAP eligibility requirements that would remove millions of people from the program, according to The Hill and ABC News.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed tightening eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a change that would remove millions of people from the program, The Hill reported. The proposal would raise the threshold families must meet to qualify for the assistance, and The Hill said the change is meant to "preserve benefits for the truly needy."
The Hill's report was written by Mira Bhakta. Its summary ends before the details it begins to give, so the new threshold and the full scope of the proposal are not described in the text available for this account.
ABC News reported that an analysis by the USDA estimates that over 6 million people could lose benefits. Its headline described the Trump administration as moving to drop millions from SNAP under the proposal. The ABC News summary does not list an author.
The two reports differ in how they attribute the action. The Hill names the Department of Agriculture as the source of the proposal, while the ABC News headline names the Trump administration. The Hill's summary refers to millions of people without giving a figure, while ABC News cites the USDA estimate of over 6 million.
Neither summary states when the proposal would take effect or whether it has been finalized. The reports available for this account also do not establish whether the estimate in the ABC News report measures the same group that The Hill describes, and those questions remain unanswered.
Sources: The Hill: New USDA proposal moves to kicks millions from SNAP; ABC News: Trump administration moves to drop millions from SNAP under proposal.