Michigan school districts, food pantries feel SNAP cut ripple effect ahead of cost shift to states

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Starting October 1, Michigan and other states must absorb a larger share of SNAP's administrative costs under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a shift analysts estimate will cost Michigan about $95 million in the first year alone, climbing toward $320 million annually by 2027. More than 167,000 Michiganders, including over 53,000 children, have already lost SNAP benefits, part of the largest national enrollment drop in nearly 30 years.

Food pantries report sharp increases in demand: Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes has seen a 56% jump in people seeking help, nearly half of whom work full time. School districts warn that as fewer families qualify for SNAP, fewer schools will qualify for the Community Eligibility Provision that funds free meals for all students, shifting more costs onto state budgets already straining to cover the gap.

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An unemployment rate that hasn't moved is a pretty plain hint that people aren't losing food help because things got better. Somebody wrote a law that changes who pays the bill without changing who's hungry, and called it reform. The pantries are the ones stuck doing the arithmetic the bill's authors apparently skipped.

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