Trump administration seeks to cut food aid for more than six million people

Trump’s proposal builds on earlier cuts to federal food aid programme used by more than 36 million low-income Americans.The administration of United States President Donald Trump has proposed new eligibility requirements for the country’s largest food aid programme that would see some 6.3 million people removed from it.The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a proposed rule (PDF) on Tuesday that would end automatic eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), doing away with current provisions that automatically make households eligible for the programme if they meet state-administered requirements for another programme, called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US Supreme Court extends order allowing Trump to withhold food aidlist 2 of 3US Supreme Court allows Trump to block $4bn in food aid to families in needlist 3 of 3Trump administration threatens to withhold food assistance from 21 statesend of list“These revisions would ensure that SNAP benefits are targeted to needy households that have qualified for TANF assistance while still aligning categorical eligibility’s statutory purpose of ...