The past year has seen a slew of changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which has led to a drop of nearly 9% in local SNAP enrollment in the past year.
“The impact has been pretty profound,” Cuyahoga County Job and Family Services Director Kevin Gowan said about local SNAP enrollment at a recent panel event on the effects of the 2025 federal budget reconciliation bill.
Gowan said the county saw an initial big drop in the SNAP rolls last November during the government shutdown. Around 6,000 people lost their SNAP benefits at the time, many because they mistakenly assumed the county SNAP offices were closed, Gowan said…