USDA announced it is terminating the Household Food Security Reports, also know as the food insecurity survey.
The department called the reports costly, redundant, politicized and extraneous. “For 30 years, this study—initially created by the Clinton administration as a means to support the increase of SNAP eligibility and benefit allotments—failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal fodder,” USDA said. “Trends in the prevalence of food insecurity have remained virtually unchanged, regardless of an over 87% increase in SNAP spending between 2019-2023.”
The California Association of Food Banks said the report termination will limit the ability to track food insecurity and advocate for people served by food banks.
