Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins just dropped a huge announcement.
The SNAP (a.k.a. food stamps) program is in the process of being re-built from the ground up.
As part of the reform, all participants will need to re-apply in order to prove they actually need assistance.
Watch Rollins’ announcement here for yourself:
BREAKING – Sec. of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has just announced that the entirety of SNAP will be rebuilt and that all users will have to reapply to prove they genuinely need it. pic.twitter.com/V44xlPRZKh
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One thing the government shutdown exposed is just how problematic the SNAP program is.
Brooke Rollins’ announcement comes just days after she blew the lid off of the rampant fraud within the system.
More on that here:
With over 42 million (dead or alive) people in the program costing the taxpayers a whopping $100 billion annually, we are in need of a massive culling.
And it looks like that's exactly what the Trump administration has in store.
Politico has more:
The Trump administration will require millions of low-income people to reapply for food stamps as part of an effort to crack down on “fraud,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said.
Rollins told Newsmax on Thursday that she plans to “have everyone reapply for their benefits, make sure that everyone that’s taking a taxpayer-funded benefit through ... food stamps, that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it.”
ADVERTISEMENTShe did not provide further information on when or how people would need to reapply.
Her comment comes after funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ran out of federal funding during the government shutdown, leading many conservative pundits and even President Donald Trump to criticize just how much the government spends on food stamps. SNAP, which serves nearly 42 million Americans, cost roughly $100 billion in fiscal year 2024.
SNAP fraud can occur when participants intentionally lie about their qualifications for the program, retailers exchange benefits for cash or criminals skim EBT cards for benefits, per USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service. But anti-hunger groups say there’s not nearly as much fraud as the Trump administration alleges and note that SNAP only issues about $6 a day in benefits to the average participant.
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