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Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: Procedural Hurdles Deny Many Households in Need of SNAP Food Assistance
September 19, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following policy brief:

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Procedural Hurdles Deny Many Households in Need of SNAP Food Assistance

September 18, 2026 | Alicia Huguelet and Joseph Llobrera

New research finds that 1 in 3 people applying for SNAP benefits are denied not because they are ineligible, but because they don't make it through the complex process.[1]

These procedural deni . . .

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