Responsible Nutrition Policy

Georgia Missed Its Chance to Fix the SNAP Loophole

Georgians believe in helping neighbors who are struggling. That belief is exactly why programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) exist. The program was designed to provide temporary help to families who truly need assistance putting food on the table.

Food Stamps Were Never Meant to Be Long-Term

I was probably too young when I learned what “writing a hot check” meant. In my house, it usually meant groceries.

AFPI Statement on SNAP Program Oversight in Georgia

Atlanta, GA—The Executive Director of the America First Policy Institute’s Georgia Chapter, Rebecca Yardley, issued the following statement after the Georgia Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee did not advance House Bill 947, known as the “Georgia SNAP Healthier Choices Act of 2026,” which would have closed the Broad Based Categorial Eligibility (BBCE) loophole in the state SNAP program:

SNAP Healthy Food Choice Demonstration Waiver

Modifying SNAP Income and Asset Requirements

Americans are a generous people who established the food stamp program to act as a temporary safety net for the most vulnerable. The program, now called SNAP, provides over $850 million in benefits annually to Minnesotans, 100% of which is currently federally-funded. Yet it is the states and local governments that administer the program, with further financial assistance from the federal government, meaning that states, or in the case of Minnesota, counties, are entrusted to manage the program well on behalf of all American taxpayers.