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gabudget.bsky.social @gabudget.bsky.social · 3d

DHS has clarified that SNAP recipients can use their EBT card with any unspent SNAP benefits in November. However, the Nov. SNAP benefits will be suspended until federal funds are available. If you are in need of food, you can find a local food bank at bit.ly/48PHvsm

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 28d

🚨75% of voters - and 69% of Republicans - are very concerned about the rising costs of health care premiums.

But Republicans would rather shut down the government than protect working families from rising health care costs.

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Sep 25

The latest from Valerie Wilson at @epi.org

What’s behind rising unemployment for Black workers? www.epi.org/blog/whats-b...

What’s behind rising unemployment for Black workers?

For the last five years, I’ve given the same answer in response to questions about any one-month increase in the Black unemployment rate. Given the relatively small sample size used to calculate the n...

www.epi.org

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Sharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social · Sep 20

The Administration acknowledged that it will stop the survey that measures food insecurity, just as tariffs push up food prices and the deep cuts to food assistance enacted in July start to take effect. Congress must intervene to save these vital data. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey

The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”

www.wsj.com

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Capital B Atlanta @capitalbatl.bsky.social · Sep 11

People are encouraged to prepare paperwork and documentation now before modifications to the program begin.

What to Know about SNAP Program Changes - Capital B News - Atlanta

People are encouraged to prepare paperwork and documentation now before modifications to the program begin.

atlanta.capitalbnews.org

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · Sep 2

Some #SNAP participants will begin to see their food assistance reduced or eliminated due to the Republican megabill, based on a memo from USDA on Friday outlining how states must begin implementing one of the new law’s SNAP cuts. fns.usda.gov/snap/admin/e...

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Sep 5

Georgia neighbors, Migrant Equity Southeast is working to support the families impacted by the ICE raid on the Hyundai plant and other warehouses in the area. See what you can do to support MESE 🔽 www.instagram.com/p/DONAsQqDHZ...

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Lea Woods @lea9223.bsky.social · Jul 10

HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Jul 10

📢GA Voters, check you registration status 👇

Mark Niesse @markniesse.bsky.social · Jul 10

Check whether your Georgia voter registration is on the cancellation list. @ajc.com created a tool where you can type in your name, birth year, zip code and county to find out: www.ajc.com/politics/202...

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gabudget.bsky.social @gabudget.bsky.social · Jul 9

Where do the economic opportunities for Georgians lie within the state budget? Find out in our annual budget primer. gbpi.org/georgiabudge...

Georgia Budget Primer

The Georgia Budget Primer examines state spending related to health, education, human services and criminal legal systems in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget.

gbpi.org

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Jul 3

www.epi.org/blog/the-rad...

The radical Republican budget bill steals from the poor to give tax cuts to the rich

Yesterday, the Senate passed a budget bill that will create a weaker and more unequal U.S. economy. It is even more radical than the House version, with deeper Medicaid cuts that will destroy rural ho...

www.epi.org

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Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · Jul 1

$200 million in Georgia alone. Board members scrambling to decide whether to wait it out via their fund balance or start cutting positions. So illegal and mean.

Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · Jul 1

learningpolicyinstitute.org/blog/states-...
From the Learning Policy Institute, showing the impact of the administration's reckless decision to withhold billions of critical education dollars. Vermont and DC are set to see over 20% of their federal school funding yanked. Over 10% in every state.

States Face Uncertainty as an Estimated $6.2 Billion in K–12 Funding Remains Unreleased: Here’s the Fiscal Impact by State

States face uncertainty as $4.8 billion in K–12 federal funding remains unreleased. If the U.S. Department of Education doesn’t distribute these funds by July 1, state educational agencies will need p...

learningpolicyinstitute.org

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Jul 1

They should reject any budget that would mean higher food costs for families, more people without health coverage, increased poverty and hardship, and higher debt — all in service to tax cuts for the wealthy. 4/

Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Jul 1

It’s time for Congressional leaders to abandon an agenda that puts the wealthy before everyone else and start serving the interests of their constituents. 3/

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Jul 1

Cuts to these programs would be felt almost immediately across Georgia. Imagine a dad unable to get cancer treatment; parents who can’t afford care and support that their disabled child needs; a mom forced to skip meals so her children don’t go hungry. 2/

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Jul 1

We must protect and defend SNAP and Medicaid! Say NO to the largest cuts in the programs’ histories! 2M Georgians have Medicaid to see the doctor & 1.4M get help affording the high cost of groceries through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). 1/

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thank you so much for covering SNAP in your analysis.

Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Jun 30

Food banks will not be able to meet the need if #SNAP is slashed under Congressional proposals

www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s SNAP Cuts Would Strain Food Banks Amid Rising Food Insecurity

Food banks do not have the capacity to alleviate the spike in hunger that would be created by cuts to SNAP.

www.americanprogress.org

Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Jun 16

The Senate proposal for #SNAP would still cut hundreds of billions from the program by shifting costs to the states.

gabudget.bsky.social @gabudget.bsky.social · Jun 16

Senate Ag’s proposal would require most states to pay a portion of food benefit costs for the first time, leaving them w/ two options: significantly reduce the # of ppl receiving food assistance or some states ending #SNAP entirely. More from @Katie_Bergh: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Research Note: Senate Republican Leaders’ Proposal Risks Deep Cuts to Food Assistance, Some States Ending SNAP Entirely | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

States, which must balance their budgets every year, would struggle to absorb these substantial new costs.

www.cbpp.org

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gabudget.bsky.social @gabudget.bsky.social · Jun 10

There has been a lot of talk about the big budget bill awaiting Senate discussion. In our newest release, expert Danny Kanso breaks down who the bill benefits, and where it will leave the country in thirty years. Read more: bit.ly/400myFA

The House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Would Significantly Increase National Debt, Primarily Benefitting Top Earners, While Cutting Health Care and Food Assistance - Georgia Budget and Policy Institute

*The following information reflects the legislation passed by the United States House of Representatives on May 22, 2025. The content of this policy brief will be updated as the budget reconciliation ...

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · Jun 16

While much attention on SNAP is focused on the terrible proposed changes at the fed level, clients' benefits are still being stolen. One feature meant to protect SNAP recipients is seldom used, because many clients aren't aware of it.

www.11alive.com/article/news...

Georgia security lock feature for SNAP benefits seldom used

Georgia rolled out a security lock feature for SNAP cards in December in an effort to curb benefit theft. Six months later, only 6% of households are using it.

www.11alive.com

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · Jun 4

CBPP's Zoe Neuberger posted a thread on X outlining the harmful cuts to WIC in the House Republicans' newly released agriculture appropriations bill: x.com/zoeneuberger...

Zoe Neuberger on X: House R’s ag appropriations bill released this morning breaks the nearly 30-year bipartisan commitment to fully fund #WIC so that all eligible families who apply can receive WIC’s full food benefits, nutrition education, and breastfeeding support.

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · May 23

Check me out Politically GA Washington Wednesdays. I discussed the #SNAP provisions in the House-passed bill that would increase food insecurity in Georgia and the rest of the country.

gabudget.bsky.social @gabudget.bsky.social · May 22

Listen to our Director of Economic Justice Ife Finch Floyd dive deep into what the SNAP cuts included in Trump's budget bill could mean for everyday Georgians and the food on their table. (She comes in around 15:37) open.spotify.com/episode/04yp...

Food Stamps and Fiscal Fights

Politically Georgia · Episode

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · May 14

Right now, House Ag is marking up a bill that would cut #SNAP by hundreds of billions of dollars. One talking point is that it would address fraud. However, there is nothing in the bill to support SNAP clients who are victims of fraud via skimming

www.13wmaz.com/article/news...

Georgia residents say they've done it all to protect their food stamps — and they still get stolen

Many victims say they followed every guideline to protect their accounts, yet fraud claims continue to flood the state.

www.13wmaz.com

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Ife Finch Floyd @ifefinchfloyd.bsky.social · May 13

And by cutting #SNAP (food stamps)
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · May 13

The House Ag bill released tonight would take away or cut #SNAP food benefits for millions of low-income people struggling to afford groceries—families w/ children, seniors, ppl w/ disabilities, veterans & workers in low-wage jobs.