The US Department of Agriculture is proposing a rule that threatens to severely limit a provision in the SNAP program (also known as food assistance or food stamps) called broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE).
Colorado (and 40 other states) use BBCE to modestly raise SNAP income and savings limits so working families who are struggling to make ends meet due to our state’s high living costs, such as housing, energy, and childcare, can still receive this critical food assistance.
BBCE strengthens the efficiency and effectiveness of SNAP by giving states flexibility, leading to administrative savings for states and counties. The administration’s proposal will weaken SNAP’s ability to address hunger by removing this effective tool.
According to the Colorado Department of Human Services, roughly 48,000 households and 90,000 individuals (annually) would likely lose SNAP assistance in Colorado.
Visit our Action Center to submit your comment opposing this harmful, proposed rule that will increase hunger and hardship in Colorado and across the country.
Read, What You Need to Know About SNAP and the Recent Federal Proposal to Change Income Limits, to learn more about SNAP and BBCE.