In 2021, BPC assembled its 18-member bipartisan Food and Nutrition Security Task Force, with diverse expertise from both the public and private sectors. The Task Force called for strengthening SNAP to improve dietary quality, funding programs to incentivize fruit and vegetable purchasing, strengthening SNAP retailer standards, improving education programs, and exploring further pilot programs. For the 2018 Farm Bill, BPC convened a diverse bipartisan task force to develop a robust set of recommendations for strengthening nutrition in SNAP. The Farm Bill is a vehicle for one of the largest federal allocations of food and nutrition-related funding. Even now, as COVID-19 is receding, SNAP continues to serve millions of Americans during their time of need.
In 2021, the federal government expended nearly $114 billion on SNAP to serve over 41 million people. As a result of the flexibilities and increases in benefits provided through SNAP and other federal feeding programs, the percentage of Americans who were food insecure did not increase between 20. Since March 2020, many families have found themselves navigating SNAP benefits and visiting local food banks for the first time to try to reduce food insecurity in their household. SNAP’s caseload swelled while 10.5% of households were “food insecure,” meaning that they were not always sure where their next meal was coming from. With businesses closing and millions of workers losing their jobs, many turned to SNAP, the nation’s most effective anti-hunger program, to help them put food on the table.
With the White House hosting a conference on hunger, nutrition, and health in September and Congress expected to renew nutrition programs as part of the Farm Bill in 2023, BPC’s Food and Nutrition Security Task Force plans to develop recommendations for how policymakers can strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.ĬOVID-19 and the negative economic impacts that resulted showcased SNAP’s importance to tens of millions of families. Join our gathering focused on election reform and drafting a bipartisan policy agenda. Sign Up Today to be a Virtual Delegate at the Un-Convention
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