CBPP Comprehensive Reports and Blog Posts

SNAP participation nationwide fell by more than 4.5 million people (nearly 11 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and April 2026, based on the latest month of data.

In the 19 states with publicly available data or that have shared unpublished data, the harmful Republican reconciliation law has taken SNAP food assistance away from more than 1 million children since it was enacted in July 2025. That accounts for nearly half of the 2.4-million-person decline in SNAP participation among people of all ages in those states. (See table.) Nation...

Seven states this year enacted significant revenue-raising policies to advance key priorities and mitigate the massive federal cuts to health coverage, food assistance, and clean energy investments in Republicans’ 2025 reconciliation law.

Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces shrank in nearly every state after premium tax credit enhancements expired.

This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, state budgets and taxes, and health. On food assistance, Dottie Rosenbaum, Joseph Llobrera, Catlin Nchako, and Luis updated our SNAP caseload tracker with new analysis estimating that more than 1.5 million children may have lost SNAP benefits since July 2025. On state budgets and taxes, Wesley Tharpe and Whitney Jemison warned...