Congress has an opportunity during Farm Bill negotiations this year to reduce the damage by reversing those SNAP cuts. Please contact your members of Congress and urge them to undo harmful cuts to food assistance.

Alabamians already are beginning to feel the harms of the SNAP cuts under HR 1, the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act. New red-tape work reporting requirements have kicked in for veterans, people experiencing homelessness and young adults who were in foster care as children. These barriers also will apply soon to many older adults and to parents with children aged 14 or older.

The law also will shift many SNAP costs from the federal government to states, which could jeopardize food assistance for nearly 750,000 Alabamians who participate in the program. Alabama lawmakers must allocate an additional $35 million a year for SNAP administration starting in 2027. And in 2028, Alabama could be on the hook for another $172 million annually to pay for a portion of SNAP benefits, which have been 100% federally funded for decades.

If legislators don’t provide that state funding, the state would have to reduce the number of SNAP participants or opt out of the program entirely. That would send hunger soaring in a state where roughly 1 in 6 people already struggle with food insecurity. And children and older adults would be hit hardest: More than 67% of SNAP participants are in households with children, and 39% of households include an older adult or someone with a disability.

Alabama families should not be forced into impossible choices between food, rent and medicine. The time to speak out for a better future is now.

Call your members of Congress today and tell them to reverse harmful SNAP cuts.