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Minnesota witnesses warn SNAP cuts, program errors could deepen food insecurity
Summary
A testifier at a state subcommittee hearing said Minnesota food shelves are at capacity and warned federal SNAP reductions and state error rates could exacerbate hunger; she cited recent program cuts and urged system modernization.
A testifier at a hearing of the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability Subcommittee warned that recent program cuts and lingering administrative errors in Minnesota’s food-assistance programs risk worsening household hunger and straining food shelves statewide.
“I don't understand. Why do we have lines down the block for people to get access to healthy food? ... there’s not enough food,” the testifier said. She told the subcommittee that Minnesota food shelves saw about 9,000,000 visits last year — roughly 2.5 times the visits recorded in 2020 — and that the emergency food system now regularly supports about 18% of Minnesota households.
The testifier said those pressures come as federal and state-level policy changes will reduce SNAP (the Supplemental…
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