Wyoming food advocates are sounding the alarm as SNAP, the state’s federally funded food assistance program, faces a projected budget shortfall of more than $3 million.

The massive government spending bill that President Donald Trump signed in July, aka the Big Beautiful Bill, decreased the federal government’s responsibility to fund state food assistance, or SNAP programs.

In Wyoming, that means the state will be required to cover 75% of the administrative costs for its food stamps program, an increase from 50%.

The Wyoming Department of Family Services confirmed to Cowboy State Daily this roughly accounts for an additional $3.4 million it must request from the state by October 2026 to keep its program afloat at the level it’s now funded.

Going Hungry

Tom Lacock, associate state dire

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