According to the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities, a Washington, D.C.-based left-leaning think tank, 1.35 million Michigan residents — or 13% of the state’s population — received SNAP ...

Others, like Monique Stanton, president of the Michigan League for Public Policy, worry about what will happen to Mid-Michigan’s mental health services if the Medicaid cuts go through.

SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, serves 1.5 million people in Michigan. Lawmakers in Washington are considering legislation that calls for $300 billion in cuts to SNAP.

Under a House version of the legislation, which was amended by the U.S. Senate before being signed into law, Michigan’s State Budget Office estimated this policy change would cost the state ...

According to the Budget Office, the bill would cut up to $800 million from Michigan’s total SNAP budget of $3.2 billion. Advocates say that a reduction of that size would be the largest in the ...

The proposed cuts to SNAP could also be compounded by the potentially historic cuts to Medicaid that are also in the reconciliation bill, which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO ...

Whitmer challenges Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' claims Michigan faces losing $900 million annually if SNAP benefits cut In the 2024 fiscal year, about $3.2 billion in SNAP benefits were spent in ...

In Michigan, more than 2.6 million people rely on Medicaid, and 1.4 million rely on the supplemental nutrition assistance program or Snap for food assistance. And of those, more than 400,000 are ...

Data from last year shows nearly 1.5 million Michigan residents, or 15% of the population, received SNAP benefits. State Budget Office: GOP bill would strain budget, threaten residents’ benefits ...

How SNAP changes could impact food insecurity by: Tessa Kresch Posted: Jun 6, 2025 / 05:44 PM EDT Updated: Jun 6, 2025 / 05:44 PM EDT ...