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Summer EBT in Indian Country: A Report on Tribal Success, Barriers, and Best Practices
Learn MoreConnecting Families to WIC: A Practical Toolkit for Health Care Providers
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Learn MoreMake America Healthy Again Commission: Improve Child Health by Protecting and Strengthening the Federal Nutrition Programs
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Learn MoreChallenges in Researching the Diets of SNAP Recipients
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On July 4th, President Trump signed the budget reconciliation package, H.R. 1, into law. This law makes sweeping cuts to nutrition and health care support for millions of people to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the most effective tools the U.S. has to reduce hunger and support households with low incomes. Nowhere is this impact more critical than in rural America, where food insecurity, economic stagnation, and limited access to services intersect to create deep vulnerability. Yet, provisions in the recently enacted budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1, also known as OBBBA) — passed by a majority of Republicans in Congress and signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 — undermine this vital program, hitting rural communities hardest, economically, socially, and physically.
Food insecurity takes a toll on maternal, infant, and child health.
In 2023, 47.4 million people — including 13.8 million children — lived in food-insecure households.
Food insecurity is linked to poor health and development and is associated with some of the most common and costly health problems in the U.S. For adults and pregnant women, its linked to fair or poor health status, pregnancy complications (e.g., gestational diabetes, iron deficiency), and depression (including maternal depression). For infants and children, food insecurity is especially detrimental to health, development, and well-being, with links to low birth weight, birth defects, more frequent colds and stomachaches, development risk, increased hospitalizations, and more.
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Summer EBT: Strategies for Communications and Outreach, a new case study featuring insights from the Arizona Food Bank Network, Greater Chicago Food Depository, and Hunger Solutions New York, outlines state requirements for Summer EBT outreach and communication and highlights best practices.
Read the case study - Fact Sheet
In Improving Summer EBT for Indian Tribal Organizations, you’ll find recommended program changes, including statutory changes and regulatory changes, that will allow more Tribes to distribute benefits and reduce summertime food insecurity.
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Created in collaboration by FRAC and the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, Summer EBT in Indian Country: A Report on Tribal Success, Barriers, and Best Practices serves as an introduction to Summer EBT. Highlighting barriers identified by tribes, this case study also offers lessons learned and best practices from Chickasaw Nation. It underlines the profound positive impact of this program, highlights tribal success, and identifies ways to improve the process for future tribal participation in the program.
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By creating a strong, intuitive Summer EBT application form, states can maximize accessibility and lessen the administrative burden of the program by creating a lasting database. This new case study, Summer EBT: Application and Database Best Practices From 2024, aims to present the best practices for program applications and databases, and different pathways for states to fulfill 2025 Summer EBT requirements.
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