Proposed SNAP changes could impact 11 million Americans, report finds

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4. Hey Cha!

I just linked to their report and the draft legislation and they have this -

Under one proposal from House Agriculture Committee member Dusty Johnson, we estimate about 6 million people would be at risk of losing their food assistance. In total, nearly 11 million people — about 1 in 4 SNAP participants, including more than 4 million children and more than half a million adults aged 65 or older and adults with disabilities — live in households that would be at risk of losing at least some of their food assistance if Rep. Johnson’s proposal were enacted.[2]

I think it may have to do with the change in eligible children including those under the care of someone 65+. I.e., there are probably quite a few who are taking care of their grandchildren/great-grandchildren and the proposal DROPS THE AGE of those children who are eligible - from up to age 18 being changed, per the proposal, to now only up to age 7.

From the draft legislation, the "exception" -

‘‘(C) is a parent or other member of a
household with responsibility for a dependent
child under 7 years of age;

where previously, the max age was 18.