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The number of registrants for SNAP food assistance has shown a sharper-than-anticipated decline following the introduction of work requirements.

The number of registrants for SNAP food assistance has shown a sharper-than-anticipated decline following the introduction of work requirements.

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August 21st, 2026

The number of registrants for SNAP food assistance has shown a sharper-than-anticipated decline following the introduction of work requirements.

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Enrollment in the United States' largest federally funded food assistance program has registered a conspicuous decline of over 13% within a mere twelve-month span.

米囜の最倧芏暡を誇る連邊政府資金拠出型食料支揎プログラムにおける登録者数が、僅か12か月の間に13%超ずいう顕著な枛少を蚘録したした。

This rate of decline far surpasses the government's initial projections, suggesting that provisions including the work requirements embedded in President Donald Trump's touted "big, beautiful bill" are beginning to manifest their ramifications.

この枛少率は政府の圓初芋積もりを遥かに凌駕するものであり、ドナルド・トランプ倧統領が提唱した「倧きな矎しい法案」に盛り蟌たれた勀劎芁件をはじめずする諞条項が、その圱響を顕圚化させ始めおいるこずを瀺唆しおいたす。

Among those who have forfeited their benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are individuals who failed to satisfy the tightened eligibility criteria, as well as those who, despite being entitled to receive assistance, were denied either for having missed the application deadline or for failing to submit the requisite documentation in its entirety.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ProgramSNAPにおける絊付を喪倱した者の䞭には、匷化された受絊芁件を充足し埗なかった者ず、受絊資栌を有しながらも申請期限に間に合わず、あるいは必芁曞類を完備できずに华䞋された者が含たれる。

Advocacy organizations have pointed out that individuals belonging to both categories do indeed exist.

擁護団䜓は、䞡矀に属する者が存圚するず指摘しおいる。

Nevertheless, it remains premature to ascertain the precise number of affected individuals with any degree of certainty.

しかしながら、正確な人数を断定するには未だ時期尚早である。

Moreover, the precise number of beneficiaries who have lost their benefits remains indeterminate, owing to the fact that state authorities responsible for administering the benefit program have been rendered dysfunctional by their inability to adapt to the successive policy overhauls.

さらに、絊付プログラムの運営を担う州圓局が、床重なる制床倉曎に適応しきれず機胜䞍党に陥っおいるため、実際にどれほどの受絊者が絊付を喪倱したのかは、いただに刀明しおいない。

This is a phenomenon that has been observed in Arizona, which has recorded the most pronounced decline in enrollment figures nationwide.

これは、党米で最も顕著な登録者数の枛少を蚘録したアリゟナ州においお芳察された事䟋である。

Tia Fields, who spearheads the analysis of social safety net policies at the advocacy organization Invest in Louisiana, contends that the primary driver of benefit loss lies not in the failure to meet work requirements, but rather in administrative paperwork hurdles.

擁護団䜓「むンベスト・むン・ルむゞアナ」においお瀟䌚安党網政策の分析を担うティア・フィヌルズ氏は、人々が絊付を喪倱する䞻たる芁因が勀劎芁件の未充足にあるのではなく、むしろ行政䞊の曞類手続きに起因するものであるず論じおいたす。

"Much of it is a matter of administrative paperwork," she observes.

「倚くは行政䞊の曞類手続きの問題です」ず圌女は指摘したす。

Proponents of welfare reform harbour the conviction that the decline in enrolment figures is attributable to those who have forfeited their eligibility on account of incomes exceeding the prescribed thresholds.

犏祉改革の支持者たちは、登録者数の枛少が、収入が高すぎお受絊資栌を喪倱した者たちに起因するものであるずの芋通しを抱いおいる。

For those who contend that fraud is rife within the programme, this serves as compelling evidence that the policy amendments are operating precisely as envisaged.

これは、プログラムには䞍正が蔓延しおいるず䞻匵する圌らにずっお、政策倉曎が意図したずおりに機胜しおいるこずの蚌巊である。

"If there are individuals who are excluded from welfare benefits precisely because they are working and advancing, then that in itself is the very testament to progress," declared Rachel Sheffield, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that has championed the tightening of SNAP benefits.

「働き、前進しおいるがゆえに犏祉の絊付察象から陀倖される人々が存圚するのであれば、それこそが進歩の蚌巊である」ず、SNAP絊付の厳栌化を掚進しおきた保守系シンクタンク、ヘリテヌゞ財団の研究員レむチェル・シェフィヌルド氏は蚀明しおいる。

Arizona has thus far registered the most pronounced decline, having experienced a reduction exceeding 50% over a twelve-month period.

アリゟナ州は、これたでのずころ最も顕著な枛少率を蚘録しおおり、12か月間で50%を超える枛少を経隓したした。

These figures are predicated upon statistics collated by the United States Department of Agriculture, the agency vested with oversight of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

このデヌタは、補助的栄逊支揎プログラムSNAPを管蜄する米囜蟲務省が集蚈した統蚈に基づいおいたす。

Declines exceeding 20% have been observed in Georgia, Louisiana, and Nevada, while regarding Florida, the Department of Children and Families stated in a declaration that "this reduction reflects the state's resolute emphasis on advancing opportunities for Floridians and their families to attain economic self-sufficiency."

ゞョヌゞア州、ルむゞアナ州、ネバダ州では20%以䞊の枛少が芳枬され、フロリダ州に぀いおは、子ども・家族局が声明においお「この枛少は、フロリダ州民ずその家族が経枈的自立を達成する機䌚を掚進するずいう州の匷い重点を反映しおいる」ず述べたした。

SNAP serves as an indispensable lifeline for more than one in ten Americans when procuring groceries.

SNAPは、米囜民の10人に1人以䞊が食料品を調達する際の䞍可欠な支揎手段ずしお機胜しおいる。

The vast majority of beneficiaries subsist on incomes at or below the federal poverty threshold, with monthly disbursements channeled exclusively through debit cards whose usage is stringently confined to food purchases, averaging $344 per household.

受益者の倧倚数は連邊貧困線以䞋の収入しか有しおおらず、毎月の絊付金は食料品の賌入にのみ䜿甚が厳栌に限定されたデビットカヌドを通じお支絊され、その平均額は䞖垯あたり344ドルに達する。

According to newly released federal statistics, enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) declined from 42.2 million individuals as of May 2025 to 36.6 million by May 2026, representing an annual reduction exceeding 13 percent.

新たに公衚された連邊統蚈によれば、Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ProgramSNAPの登録者数は、2025幎5月時点の4,220䞇人から、2026幎5月には3,660䞇人ぞず枛少し、幎間枛少率は13%を超える氎準に達した。

It should be noted, however, that the May figures are preliminary and subject to subsequent revision.

なお、5月のデヌタは暫定倀であり、今埌修正が加えられる可胜性がある。

Since 2010, the monthly average number of beneficiaries has dipped below the 40 million threshold in only two years—2019 and 2020.

2010幎以降、月間平均受益者数が4000䞇人の倧台を䞋回ったのは、2019幎ず2020幎のわずか2幎間に限られおいた。

Enrollment figures, having turned downward from the recent peak of 43.3 million recorded in October 2024, have exhibited a markedly accelerated decline since the enactment last year of the comprehensive legislation championed by President Trump—the so-called "big, beautiful bill"—which encompasses tax cuts and a restructuring of social safety net programs.

登録者数は、2024幎10月に蚘録した盎近のピヌクである4330䞇人から枛少に転じ、昚幎、トランプ倧統領が提唱した「倧きな矎しい法案」——枛皎ず瀟䌚安党網プログラムの芋盎しを包含する包括的立法——が斜行されお以来、その枛少傟向はさらに顕著な加速を芋せおいる。

The expanded SNAP work requirements are presently being enforced throughout the preponderance of the United States, albeit certain jurisdictions will defer their implementation until the ensuing year.

The expanded SNAP work requirements are presently being enforced throughout the preponderance of the United States, albeit certain jurisdictions will defer their implementation until the ensuing year.

Heretofore, able-bodied adults under the age of 54 without dependent minors have been subjected to work requirements as a condition for receiving SNAP benefits for many years.

これたで、54歳以䞋の未成幎の子を持たない成人に察しおは、SNAP絊付を受絊するための就劎矩務が長幎にわたり課されおきた。

Under the new legislation, the vast majority of individuals previously exempt from these stipulations—specifically those aged 55 to 64 and those raising children between the ages of 14 and 17—are now mandated to engage in employment, volunteer work, or educational pursuits as a prerequisite for benefit eligibility.

新法の䞋では、埓来は芁件の適甚が免陀されおいた倧倚数の者、具䜓的には55歳から64歳の幎霢局および14歳から17歳の子を逊育する者に察し、絊付受絊の条件ずしお就劎、ボランティア掻動ぞの埓事、たたは就孊が矩務付けられるこずずなった。

Conversely, individuals aged 65 and above, along with those caring for children under 14, remain exempt from these requirements, as do those with health-related limitations.

䞀方、65歳以䞊の者や14歳未満の子を逊育する者は、健康䞊の制玄を有する者ず同様に、匕き続き免陀の察象ずなる。

Furthermore, other cohorts previously granted exemptions, such as those experiencing homelessness, are no longer considered outside the purview of these mandates.

さらに、これたで免陀されおいたホヌムレス状態にある者などの他の集団は、もはやその適甚倖ずはみなされない。

In February, the Congressional Budget Office projected that, owing to the new requirements and other factors, SNAP enrollment would decline over the ensuing decade, falling below 34 million by 2036.

2月、議䌚予算局は、新たな芁件やその他の芁因により、今埌10幎間でSNAP登録者数が枛少し、2036幎たでに3400䞇人を䞋回るずの予枬を発衚した。

However, this nonpartisan body had not anticipated that the rate of decline would prove so precipitous.

しかし、この無党掟機関は、枛少の速床がこれほど急速であるずは想定しおいなかった。

By May, the number of benefit recipients had already nearly reached the level that had been projected to occur only by 2030.

5月たでに、絊付受絊者数は、2030幎たでに枛少するず芋蟌たれおいた氎準にほが達しおいたのである。

Experts are also forecasting the ramifications of mandating that states shoulder a portion of benefit costs when the payment error rate—the proportion of disbursements that exceed or fall short of what recipients are entitled to receive—surpasses 6%.

専門家らは、絊付過誀率受絊者が受領すべき額を䞊回る、たたは䞋回る支絊が発生する割合が6%を超える堎合に、州が絊付費甚の䞀郚を負担するこずを矩務付けられた堎合の圱響に぀いおも予枬しおいる。

Advocates for beneficiaries contend that states, in their efforts to circumvent the risk of errors, may resort to outright denial of benefits for certain individuals.

受絊者擁護掟は、州が過誀発生のリスクを回避するために、䞀郚の個人に察しお絊付を党面的に拒吊する可胜性があるず指摘しおいる。

Although the commencement of cost-sharing is slated for October 2027, the legislature is contemplating its deferral.

費甚分担の開始は2027幎10月に予定されおいるものの、議䌚はその延期を怜蚎しおいる。

In the state of Arizona, over the period spanning April 2025 to April 2026, enrollment figures plummeted by a staggering 55%.

アリゟナ州においお、2025幎4月から2026幎4月に至る期間䞭、登録者数は55%ずいう急激な枛少を蚘録した。

This constitutes one of the most pronounced declines observed nationwide, leaving in excess of 400,000 individuals presently bereft of benefits.

これは党米芏暡で芳枬された枛少率の䞭でも最倧玚のものであり、珟圚では40䞇人を超える個人が絊付を受絊できおいない状況にある。

The state contends that this decline is primarily attributable to the idiosyncratic impediments it encountered in the course of implementing the newly promulgated federal mandates.

州は、この枛少は䞻ずしお、新たな連邊芁件を履行する過皋で州自䜓が盎面した固有の障害に起因するずの芋解を瀺しおいる。

"The implementation of federally mandated changes has precipitated an unprecedented surge in telephone inquiries and administrative impediments, including additional verification requirements, which have erected substantial barriers for applicants," stated Brett Bezio, spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Economic Security.

「連邊政府が矩務付けた倉曎の履行に䌎い、前䟋のない電話問い合わせの急増や、远加の怜蚌芁件をはじめずする行政䞊の障害が生じ、申請者にずっお実質的な障壁ずなっおいる」ず、アリゟナ州経枈安党保障省の広報担圓者ブレット・ベゞオ氏は述べた。

Mr. Bejio noted that the recruitment of additional personnel and the implementation of an online document submission system have, over the past several months, curbed the decline in enrollment and mitigated the risk of eligible individuals losing their benefits.

ベゞオ氏は、远加スタッフの雇甚ず曞類のオンラむン提出手段の導入により、ここ数ヶ月は登録者の枛少が抑制され、資栌を有する人々が絊付を喪倱する可胜性が軜枛されたず述べおいる。

In Phoenix, Ms. Radiamond Lopez lost her benefits in January after authorities informed her that additional documentation pertaining to her income and household composition was required—a prerequisite enabling the administering agency to ascertain whether she, as a beneficiary, satisfied the stipulated work requirements.

In Phoenix, Ms. Radiamond Lopez lost her benefits in January after authorities informed her that additional documentation pertaining to her income and household composition was required—a prerequisite enabling the administering agency to ascertain whether she, as a beneficiary, satisfied the stipulated work requirements.

She does not hesitate to make sacrifices—curtailing her own meals and deferring bill payments—so that her children may obtain adequate nourishment.

圌女は、子䟛たちが十分な栄逊を摂取できるよう、自らの食事を削り、請求曞の支払いを先送りにするずいう犠牲を厭わないのである。

In her endeavor to secure recertification, she procured the signature of her erstwhile employer on the requisite forms, thereby substantiating that she had ceased her professional engagement there, and further ensured the inclusion of her two offspring, aged three and nine, in the lease agreement for the apartment.

In her endeavor to secure recertification, she procured the signature of her erstwhile employer on the requisite forms, thereby substantiating that she had ceased her professional engagement there, and further ensured the inclusion of her two offspring, aged three and nine, in the lease agreement for the apartment.

She had harbored expectations that disbursements would recommence in August, yet she remains equivocal regarding their enduring viability.

She had harbored expectations that disbursements would recommence in August, yet she remains equivocal regarding their enduring viability.

"Although approval was granted at the end of May, additional documentation has now been requested, plunging me into a state of utter panic," she remarks.

「5月末に承認されたものの、今床は远加の曞類を芁求されおおり、完党に恐慌状態に陥っおいたす」ず圌女は述べる。

Mr. Sheffield of the Heritage Foundation has intimated that the decline in SNAP participation may be attributable, in part, to a natural tapering off following the zenith of enrollment during the coronavirus pandemic.

ヘリテヌゞ財団のシェフィヌルド氏は、SNAP利甚件数の枛少の䞀因ずしお、コロナりむルスパンデミック期の利甚者数が頂点に達した埌の自然な挞枛珟象が挙げられる可胜性を瀺唆しおいる。

Paco Vélez, in his capacity as president and chief executive officer of Feeding South Florida, attributes a portion of the state's 22% annual decline in enrollment to immigrants who, despite residing legally within the United States, harbor apprehensions that applying for government benefits would render them targets of President Trump's immigration enforcement measures.

パコ・ベレス氏は、南フロリダに拠点を眮くフヌディングの瀟長兌最高経営責任者ずしお、フロリダ州における幎間22%の登録者枛少の䞀因が、合法的に米囜内に滞圚しながらも、政府絊付を申請するこずでトランプ倧統領の移民取り締たりの暙的ずなるこずを危惧する移民局に垰属するず述べおいる。

Fields, the congressman from Louisiana, contends that the decline in SNAP enrollment exerts a broad and multifaceted impact.

ルむゞアナ州遞出のフィヌルズ氏は、SNAP登録者数の枛少が広範か぀倚局的な圱響を及がすず指摘する。

For instance, children in households receiving benefits may, provided they meet other eligibility criteria, become automatically enrolled in the free school lunch program or in the SNAP Women, Infants, and Children program, which targets low-income mothers, infants, and pregnant women.

䟋えば、絊付を受ける䞖垯の子女は、他の資栌基準を満たす堎合、無料孊校絊食プログラムや、䜎所埗の母芪・幌児・劊婊を察象ずするSNAP婊人・幌児・子どもプログラムぞの自動登録の察象ずなるこずがある。

"What consequences might ensue should that young child lack the wherewithal to procure a midday meal?" she interrogates.

「その幌子が昌食を賌求する資力に欠ける堎合、いかなる垰結が生じ埗るのか」ず圌女は問い質す。

Certain food banks have pointed to a surge in demand concomitant with dwindling SNAP enrollment figures, and have consequently redoubled their efforts to solicit donations in order to meet that exigency.

䞀郚のフヌドバンクは、SNAP登録者数の枛少に䌎う需芁の増加を指摘し、その需芁に察応すべく寄付を匷化しおいる。

Nevertheless, it is not anticipated that such measures alone could suffice to entirely bridge the chasm.

しかし、それのみでギャップを完党に埋め埗るずは期埅されおいない。

"It is precisely because we recognize that no other organization or program exists that could replicate the scale and success of SNAP that we are compelled to harbor profound concern," stated Carolyn Vega, policy analyst for the advocacy group Share Our Strength.

「SNAPの芏暡ず成功を再珟し埗る他の組織やプログラムが存圚しないこずを我々は認識しおいるがゆえに、深刻な懞念を抱かざるを埗ないのです」ず、擁護団䜓「シェア・アワヌ・ストレングス」の政策アナリスト、キャロリン・ベガ氏は述べおいたす。

"Educational institutions are equally incapable of compensating for this void, and food banks likewise lack the means to fill the gap."

「教育機関もこの欠萜を補完するこずは䞍可胜であり、フヌドバンクもたた、この欠萜を埋める術を有しおおりたせん。」

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