Some in GOP want big cuts to food assistance in Trump's tax bill. Committee chairs say no.

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2. With all the grant cuts

the food banks are already devastated.

'Going to be a lot of hungry people': Food banks, farmers across US decry federal cuts

Jeanine Santucci
USA TODAY

March 31, 2025, Updated April 1, 2025 3:55 p.m. ET

The abrupt cancellation of government funding for programs to help food banks distribute healthy, local food is being felt across the country, as some already strapped organizations turn to their local communities for help.

In early March, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it was cutting more than $1 billion in funding for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement and the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement programs for 2025. The money was designed to pay farmers to provide food to schools and food banks, giving a boost to local producers while giving fresh options to children and communities.

Then, food banks were hit with another blow when they were informed that scheduled deliveries of food through the USDA's Emergency Food Assistance Program were being halted or cut back.

The cuts come as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency target a long list of government programs and federal jobs for sweeping cuts in recent months. The USDA told USA TODAY that the LFPA cuts were a "return to long-term, fiscally responsible initiatives."

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