Recent federal legislation mandates that states with high payment error rates must shoulder a significant portion of SNAP benefit costs by 2027, threatening food assistance for millions.

Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.

Fewer people are receiving SNAP benefits. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known informally as food stamps, provides monthly payments to help low-income residents to

Trump's SNAP reforms leave 4.7 million Americans without food assistance, with Arizona recording the nation's steepest decline in benefits.

"just keeping the lights on for the program is a lot more expensive for Virginia," Del. Rodney Willett told Radio IQ.

Both parties have been enacting state-level bans on using SNAP benefits for soda and candy. On Monday, a federal judge said the new rules violate federal laws governing the food program.

SNAP provides monthly benefits to 42 million low-income Americans, and is administered by the USDA in partnership with state governments.

Policy changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are heavily impacting West Virginia's children and elderly populations, per the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy (WVCBP).