The Trump administration says the food stamp program is rife with fraud and waste. Is it?
Adrian Bogdan
The Trump administration says the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is losing billions of dollars because of payment errors it characterizes as fraud, waste and abuse. But anti-hunger advocates say that description is misleading, and could threaten food assistance for millions of low-income families. The Department of Agriculture on June 24 said that the food-stamp program's payment error rate was 10.6% for fiscal year 2025 — almost double the 6% threshold
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