The undersigned members of the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Financial Security and Poverty Task Force write to express our grave concern with proposals under consideration for inclusion in budget reconciliation that would cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
People with disabilities are significantly more likely to face food insecurity than people without disabilities. By increasing access to adequate, nutritious food, SNAP plays a key role in reducing hunger for people with disabilities and helping them to maximize their health and participate in their communities. More than ten percent of all SNAP beneficiaries have a qualifying disability, and half of all households that receive SNAP include people with disabilities and older adults. SNAP also assists the families of children with disabilities, as well as millions of other low-income people who have disabilities but are not considered to be disabled under SNAP’s rules, which use an extremely strict definition of disability.
