1. The SNAP system and recertification processes should be streamlined.

  2. SNAP benefits should be meaningful.

Food insecurity prevalence rose in 2022 and 2023, following years of decline.

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Factors like high food prices and the end of pandemic-related benefits may have played a role.

At the state level, food insecurity prevalence varies widely and has also changed over time.

Do SNAP Eligibility and Benefit Determinations Sufficiently Reflect Expenses of Older Households?

The mature man is able to find his selection on the well stocked produce shelves in his local grocery store.

Mature woman holds smartphone while shopping for leafy greens in local supermarket.

High quality stock photo of an authentic Asian-American Filipino senior woman shopping for food at a local grocery store, coping with high prices as inflation continues to push deeper into fixed incomes.

An Asian senior adult paying for his shopping items to cashier at counter check out in supermarket

SNAP Policy Options Report