SNAP

The more than $290 billion cuts to federal food assistance programming being passed through Congress in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cost Michigan about $900 million, the Michigan State Budget Office found this week.

The program is being continued, even as state health officials are concerned about how proposed federal cuts to SNAP benefits would affect Michiganders.

The Trump Administration is asking states to more closely watch the citizenship status of people receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But some advocates for immigrant families worry the messaging could hurt people who are eligible for the food assistance.

As many as 165,000 people in Michigan could lose access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (or SNAP) benefits under a proposed USDA rule…

Food assistance dollars will be issued early in Michigan because of the continuing federal government shutdown.Officials say beneficiaries of SNAP, or the…