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As Congress considers significant cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Urban Institute experts find that
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an expansion of SNAP work requirements would reduce or eliminate benefits for 2.7 million families and 5.4 million people.


The House reconciliation bill as currently written would extend work requirements to adults in families with children unless at least one child is under age 7. It would also extend the requirements to people ages 55 to 64 and limit states’ flexibility to request waivers for areas of the state based on unemployment or limited job opportunities. With these changes,
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the researchers estimate:
- 1.5 million families with 1.8 million people would lose benefits entirely.
- 1.2 million families with 3.6 million people, including 1.5 million children, would receive lower benefits because a family member does not meet the work requirement and can no longer be counted as a SNAP recipient.
- 480,000 families with a member between 55 to 64 would lose benefits entirely and 312,000 would receive lower benefits. Currently, the work requirement does not apply to adults aged 55 and older.
- 2 million families losing some or all their benefits would include a member who currently works for at least part of the year. Read the
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report to see estimates of the number of affected families and average benefit losses in your state.


In another analysis, Urban experts
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review numerous proposed changes to SNAP and use available evidence to consider how the changes could affect young adults ages 18 to 24, 3 in 10 of whom rely on the program to support a successful transition to adulthood. They highlight that stricter work requirements are likely to result in fewer young adults receiving SNAP without increasing their wages or employment rates.

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Explore the summary to learn more about how young people could be affected by other proposed changes to SNAP, including reduced benefit levels, state cost-sharing, eligibility restrictions, and the elimination of Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility.


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