Contact: Justin Henry, 908 448 8397, jhenry@rubenstein.com
NEW YORK, NY (September 22, 2025) — The Trump Administration confirmed on Saturday plans to eliminate the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) annual Household Food Security Report, an annual survey that has measured national data on hunger in America for 30 years. The decision comes on the heels of nearly $200 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) signed into law this summer. The following is a statement from Rachel Sabella, Director of No Kid Hungry New York:
“We should all be deeply concerned about the Trump Administration’s move to eliminate the USDA’s annual hunger report. This data has been used for three decades to show trends in food insecurity in New York and across our nation, and in turn, how policy decisions impact how children and families all over America experience hunger.
“By helping policymakers and advocates understand hunger trends, this research helps ensure we’re wisely investing taxpayer dollars efficiently and effectively on programs that work to end hunger.
“The government is uniquely positioned to conduct this body of research which forms the foundation for food insecurity data tracking nationwide. Cancelling it is the latest signal that data-driven efforts to end hunger are not a priority for this administration.
“It is no coincidence that this comes on the heels of the most extreme cuts that have ever been made to SNAP – America’s largest food assistance program, and one of the most effective tools we have to fight hunger. The $200 billion in SNAP cuts within H.R. 1 will make it harder for 42 million Americans – including 3 million New Yorkers – to access grocery benefits. This will cause a spike in hunger in coming years that the administration doesn’t want us to see.
“Here in New York, where half of all families are going into debt to cover the cost of food, we simply can’t afford these cuts to the tried-and-true research and programs that help to keep kids fed. That’s why the focus should be on smart policy to eliminate hunger – not on eliminating evidence of hunger. As a government shutdown looms, our elected officials must act quickly to fund critical nutrition programs and roll back the devastating impact H.R. 1 will have on New York’s ability to provide SNAP benefits to the children and families who need them.”
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About No Kid Hungry
No child should go hungry in America. But millions of kids in the United States live with hunger. No Kid Hungry is working to end childhood hunger by helping launch and improve programs that give all kids the healthy food they need to thrive. This is a problem we know how to solve. No Kid Hungry is a campaign of Share Our Strength, an organization committed to ending hunger and poverty.
