Arizona hunger crisis widens as SNAP rules tighten under Trump-era law
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Arizona is enforcing tighter SNAP rules under a Trump-era law, causing hundreds of thousands to lose benefits nationwide and about 200,000 children in Arizona to be cut off; hunger and food-bank demand are rising as processing delays and more documentation slow benefits, while experts warn the changes will worsen inequality and health costs.
- The families going hungry because of Trump’s food stamp cuts NBC News
- ‘I have to eat’: Arizonans adjust to huge cuts to food stamps WBUR
- 50,000 people drop from Alabama’s SNAP rolls: ‘Children and seniors are the ones who are suffering’ AL.com
- SNAP benefits revoked for millions in face of alleged fraud Yahoo
- SNAP cutoff’s lasting impact: Frustration, mistrust thegazette.com
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