Food and Nutrition Programs
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Child Nutrition Programs: Spending and Policy Options
September 25, 2015Since 1990, real spending for child nutrition programs more than doubled—to $20 billion in 2014. CBO expects that increases in food prices and demographic changes will cause spending to rise further in the future.
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The Effects of Potential Cuts in SNAP Spending on Households With Different Amounts of Income
March 16, 2015CBO examines several options that would reduce federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the effects they would have on households with different amounts of income.
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Growth in Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits for Low-Income Households
February 11, 2013During the past 40 years, federal spending for major means-tested programs and tax credits for low-income households more than tripled as a share of gross domestic product. In 2012, such spending totaled $588 billion.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
April 19, 2012One in seven U.S. residents received benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2011, at a total cost of $78 billion. Spending on SNAP benefits more than doubled between 2007 and 2011.