There’s still time to repeal these cuts. That's what the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act, introed today, would do. Head to CampaignForChildren.org to tell your Member of Congress to support it, and the 16 million kids who rely on SNAP. 7/7

Without SNAP, we know kids are hungrier and have a harder time concentrating in school. Their test scores suffer. They're likelier to develop chronic health conditions, and they're even likelier to see neglect or abuse at home. It doesn't have to be this way! 6/

When states are hit with this, we’ll likely see outcomes similar to what happened during the shutdown: families faced w impossible choices to keep food on tables, food banks stretched beyond limits, state budgets that can’t cover all the critical programs kids need to thrive. 5/

Why does that matter? It’s a preview of what’s to come next year, thanks to the "One Big Beautiful Bill." That’s when the largest cuts to SNAP in history – $200 billion over 10 years – start to take effect and states will be left to pick up the tab. 4/

States found out what it would be like if they had to run SNAP without the support they’re used to from the federal govt. It didn’t go well. They had to move money from other critical programs to fill huge gaps left by the federal govt’s failure to cover Nov. SNAP payments. 3/

While SNAP benefits were interrupted during the shutdown, the whole system was in chaos. Families had to choose: food or rent? Food or diapers? Food or gas? Food banks tried to step up but they were stretched to the brim – so much so that many had to turn families away. 2/

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Children with disabilities have been left behind for far too long by existing federal policy, and these attacks further hurt them at a time when policymakers should be dedicating more support to their development. 8/

And of course, all children remain in the Administration's crosshairs. Case in point: their effort this month to go all the way to the Supreme Court to deprive 16 million kids of food to withhold SNAP funding they’d earlier been compelled to release during the government shutdown. 7/

This comes on the heels of OBBB, which cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and CHIP. Together they cover about 2-in-5 children with special health care needs. Schools rely on Medicaid to cover IDEA-mandated supports, which could force elimination of other programs when Medicaid funding is gone. 6/

In addition to these SSI changes, the Trump Admin's RIFs also gutted the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which is responsible for IDEA, the key law protecting the rights of students w disabilities - leaving the office less able to enforce protections for kid in schools. 5/

This change in regulatory policy is a step backward. Lawmakers are building bipartisan support to update SSI's outdated eligibility rules for the first time in 40 yrs, so the rules stop punishing people for saving for emergencies and working part time if they're able. That's the right direction. 4/

SSA proposes to make the eligibility rules even MORE complicated and complex -- forcing beneficiaries to navigate more red tape and an agency that is already stretched thin to unnecessarily devote more time and bandwidth to administer the program that could be committed to higher priority needs. 3/

SSI is a lifeline for children with disabilities whose families have limited income and resources, helping cover the extra costs like medical care, therapies, adaptive equipment, and transportation. This new rule could hurt as many as 100,000 of those kids, by making it harder to qualify. 2/