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People shop for groceries at a Walmart store in Ohio. New research suggests SNAP work requirements won\u2019t enhance employment and will push more people off of food assistance. (Photo by Marty Schladen\/Ohio Capital Journal)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As states enact stricter work requirements for the federal food stamp program, a new analysis suggests those requirements won\u2019t enhance employment and will push more people off of food assistance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The researchers conducted a review of studies on work requirements and concluded that \u201cthe best evidence shows they do not increase employment. Moreover, this research finds work requirements cause a large decrease in participation in SNAP.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>research<\/span><\/a> from The Hamilton Project, an economic policy initiative at the left-leaning Brookings Institution, comes at a time of major upheaval for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Participation is already declining as states implement changes mandated by the president\u2019s major tax and domestic policy law enacted last summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the fall, states and counties that administer SNAP have been notifying residents who rely on food stamps that they must<\/span> meet work requirements<\/span><\/a> or lose their food assistance. Those changes affected exemptions to work requirements for older adults, homeless people, veterans and some rural residents, among others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, <\/span>the law<\/span><\/a> mandated cuts to social service programs, including Medicaid and food stamps.<\/span><\/p>\n

While SNAP enrollment is declining nationally, more people will likely lose food assistance as states continue to implement the work requirements and recertify participants, said Lauren Bauer, a fellow in economic studies at Brookings Institution and the associate director of The Hamilton Project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that we know about work requirements is that they do not increase employment among the groups that are subject to them,\u201d she told Stateline. \u201cAll they do is make it more likely that they are disenrolled from the program. And so, should these work requirements continue to be rolled out and implemented, we would expect to see declining enrollment and no changes in employment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bauer said the growing body of research on SNAP has changed her mind about its ability to affect employment. While food stamps reach millions of people each year, the program\u2019s work requirements have proven ineffective, confusing and burdensome, she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am now of the mind that SNAP should be an anti-hunger program, and there are many, many ways to do workforce development, career ladders, career training, job search \u2014 all of those things. That\u2019s not an anti hunger program and it shouldn\u2019t be associated with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s more concerning to her is how the stricter work requirements will affect people who lose jobs in an economic downturn. Traditionally, SNAP has been one of the most effective social supports for the unemployed, helping people who lose their jobs quickly gain food assistance. But laid-off workers will increasingly be told they cannot receive benefits without working.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just this dissonant, unhelpful interaction that you have with the government,\u201d Bauer said. \u201cI lost my job, I need food benefits. Well, you can only get food benefits if you have a job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At least 2.5 million low-income people, or 6% of those enrolled, have lost SNAP benefits since the legislation was signed into law, according to a study by the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities <\/span>published Wednesday.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bauer said it\u2019s unclear how much of that decline is directly related to the federal legislation. That\u2019s because SNAP participation generally declines during times of economic prosperity and increases during downturns.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the program is facing unprecedented changes: Under the new law, states have also lost funding for nutrition education programs, must end eligibility for noncitizens such as refugees and asylees, and will lose work requirement waivers for those living in areas with limited employment opportunities. States are also forced to cover more of the costs of the program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, a USDA spokesperson applauded the drop in SNAP participation, noting the program\u2019s rolls had fallen below 40 million for the first time since the pandemic. The spokesperson<\/span> told States Newsroom <\/span><\/a>the program would continue \u201cto serve those with the greatest need while also strengthening program integrity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans, including\u00a0 U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana, have defended the legislative changes to SNAP, arguing they will help eliminate waste and fraud in the program.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a June <\/span>news release,<\/span><\/a> he characterized SNAP as a \u201cbloated, inefficient program,\u201d but said Americans who needed food assistance would still receive it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans are proud to defend commonsense welfare reform, fiscal sanity, and the dignity of work,\u201d Johnson said in the release.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stateline reporter Kevin Hardy can be reached at <\/span><\/i>khardy@stateline.org<\/span><\/i><\/a>. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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This story was originally produced by Stateline<\/a>, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Missouri Independent, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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