{"id":1504,"date":"2026-06-04T21:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:36:30","slug":"arizona-sees-51-drop-in-snap-benefits-as-food-bank-demand-surges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1504","title":{"rendered":"Arizona sees 51% drop in SNAP benefits as food bank demand surges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Millions of people lost their food stamps after President Trump\u2019s \u201cBig Beautiful Bill\u201d took effect, according to a new analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1502\">Rate Bowl rebrands to Cactus Bowl; to be played at ASU football stadium<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arizona is among the states with the highest drop-off in the country. The state saw 449,478 people on SNAP benefits, a 51.3% decline year over year, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Nationally, 3.5 million people remained on SNAP, a 9% decline between July and February.<\/p>\n<p>St. Mary\u2019s Food Bank is seeing a 15% increase in demand. The food bank\u2019s CEO said high rent, food and gas prices, along with the new SNAP requirements, have created this demand in Arizona, including families coming to the food bank that have never been there before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had someone come to us last week who had never been with us, and he said, I hate being in line. I never thought I\u2019d be in line, but I\u2019m so glad that St. Mary\u2019s is there to help me out,\u201d said Milt Liu, CEO of St. Mary\u2019s Food Bank. \u201cAnd so, that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing. We\u2019re seeing more and more families who are having a difficult time bridging to the end of the month, and they come to us to make sure that they have enough food for their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Congressional Budget Office, $187 billion was cut from the SNAP program through 2034. Under the new law, states are required to help pay up to 15% of SNAP benefit costs. Before, it was all on the federal government to cover the cost.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1500\">Suspect gets plea deal in brutal assault of Sun Tran bus driver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Food banks are asking for time or food donations to continue helping the Valley. www.stmarysfoodbank.org\/.<\/p>\n<p><i>See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <\/i><i>Please click here to report it<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <\/i><i>it to us here<\/i><i> with a brief description.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1498\">Man accused of breaking into Phoenix medical examiner\u2019s office to appear in court<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona is among the states with the highest drop in SNAP benefits nationwide, and several Valley food banks are seeing its effects. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arizona sees 51% drop in SNAP benefits as food bank demand surges - Tucson Moving Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1504\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arizona sees 51% drop in SNAP benefits as food bank demand surges - 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