SNAP Enrollment Decreases Likely to Worsen Food Insecurity Crisis in Arkansas

Last week, the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance and the six Feeding America Arkansas food banks released results from a survey they recently commissioned showing that about 37% of Arkansans did […]

Proposed Senate Farm Bill 2.0 Keeps Arkansas on a Path to Increased Hunger

Earlier this week the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee released the Farm Bill 2.0. Noticeably absent from this bill: relief for low-income families across the nation who rely […]

2026 State Fiscal Session Leaves Arkansas SNAP Budget Hungry for State Funding

2026 Special Session Keys Up to Further Starve SNAP and Other Programs The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) suffered a significant loss last week that will likely destabilize the program […]

The Arkansas SNAP Call Center is an Important Resource As Arkansans Start to Feel the Impact of Expanded SNAP Work Requirements and Related SNAP Changes

Arkansas is the most food insecure state in the nation, and SNAP is the most powerful anti-hunger program we have.

A Deeper Dive on SNAP Cost Shifts and Their Potential Impact on Families Struggling to Make Ends Meet

On Tuesday we shared about the big decisions Arkansas lawmakers need to make this spring to shore up the state’s SNAP program due to provisions from the One Big Beautiful […]

SNAP Costs Shifts Are Coming: How Hunger Will Rise for Arkansans if the State Does Not Act

It’s no secret that once again Arkansas has the highest rate of food insecurity in the nation at 19.4% according to the most recent (and final) federal insecurity report from […]

SNAP Back — But Not for Long: Forthcoming November SNAP relief will fade for many due to H.R.1 cuts

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps) has been featured heavily in recent headlines as the availability of November SNAP benefits — either in whole, in […]

Statement: Arkansas Leaders Must Focus on Ensuring Families Receive Food Assistance

Arkansas has $1.8 billion in its Catastrophic Reserve Fund, and we are on the brink of a catastrophe that requires state funding.

Preventable harm: How suspending SNAP benefits in November harms families and our communities

Note: Since this blog was originally published on October 28, the Trump administration announced on November 3, 2025, that it will comply with federal court orders and begin using contingency […]

Refusing To Measure Hunger Won’t Erase the Problem

Arkansas has the highest hunger rate in the nation. We know this because our federal government measures it — officially referred to as food insecurity — and publishes the results […]