The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) makes sure that millions of families can put food on the table each month. It’s not only helpful for families in need – it’s also an economic multiplier. Our entire food system, including UFCW members at grocery stores, meat and food processing plants across the country, benefits when SNAP families can buy groceries.

Funding for the country’s #1 food assistance program (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP) ran out of money on November 1.  A judge has ordered the administration to fully fund SNAP benefits, but they have only committed to funding benefits at 50%. Read UFCW’s letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins here.

Millions of low-income Americans will lose access to food aid and grocery store workers will lose hours and jobs if the USDA does not act now. Secretary Rollins and the USDA can use the SNAP contingency fund and other USDA nutrition funding to keep the food aid flowing.