U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service data covering the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 (Oct 1–Dec 31, 2024) showed more than 226,000 fraudulent SNAP benefit claims, more than 691,000 unauthorized SNAP transactions, and reported stolen benefit claim counts of over 26,000 for Alabama, 25,818 for California, and 25,210 for New York.
October 01, 2024
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Initial state-reported SNAP fraud and unauthorized-transaction counts submitted to USDA covering FY2025 Q1.
Stolen SNAP benefits cost the U.S. government more than $102 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 (Oct 1–Dec 31, 2024); the cost was $69.4 million in the immediately preceding quarter (Jul 1–Sep 30, 2024) and $31.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 (Oct 1–Dec 31, 2023).
October 01, 2024
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Quarterly estimates of government costs for stolen SNAP benefits as reported to USDA.
Federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was $127 billion in 2022.
January 01, 2022
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Annual federal expenditure on the SNAP program.
U.S. federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) totaled $128 billion in 2021.
December 31, 2021
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Annual federal expenditure on the SNAP food assistance program.