EHC! urges Congress to secure and strengthen SNAP in the 2023 Farm Bill.
As the 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization process ramps up, End Hunger Connecticut! (EHC!) calls on Congress to strengthen SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) in the 2023 Farm Bill and oppose harmful cuts to critical food and nutrition assistance access.
We implore Congress to work to protect and uplift SNAP for the over 375,000 CT residents that rely on it each month for critical food and nutrition. We are deeply concerned with growing calls from some policymakers to enact deep cuts and harmful changes in SNAP this year in the budget process and in the farm bill and urge active opposition of any such proposals.
WHAT IS THE FARM BILL?
A large piece of legislation that covers everything from farm programs, conservation, rural development, forestry, nutrition and more. The bill approaches Congress every five years and is set to expire this year on September 30, 2023. Learn more.
NEED ANOTHER REASON TO SUPPORT SNAP IN THE FARM BILL? GENDER JUSTICE.
End Hunger Connecticut! recently joined over 250 national and state/local organizations in signing a Gender Justice Farm Bill letter, organized by the Food Research and Action Center, the National Women’s Law Center and Mom’s Rising. The letter calls on Congress to use the upcoming Farm Bill to strengthen and expand the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and to make investments that advance family economic security and health. The letter was submitted to the House and Senate Agricultural Committee on August 14, 2023.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Congress, Don’t Keep Vulnerable People in Limbo – EHC! addresses possible government shutdown amidst ongoing Farm Bill discussions
- The Power of SNAP in CT created in partnership with CT Foodshare
- What’s Needed to End Hunger in the U.S. by Feeding America
- Strengthening SNAP Benefit Adequacy and Equitable Access by FRAC