Letter: SNAP lifts people out of poverty

To the editor, The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — also known as SNAP — is one of our nation's most effective anti-poverty investments. It helps feed tens of millions of children, working parents, veterans, seniors and people with disabilities each month. And recent U.S. Census data shows that SNAP helped 3.1 million people lift themselves from poverty in 2025 and serves about 52,500 people in North Dakota. That s a lot of North Dakotans, considering Grand Forks has a population of 59,850. Despite myths to the contrary, it is exceptionally efficient with a fraud rate of less than 1%. Yet millions are losing SNAP benefits as economic conditions worsen for families. H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) imposed onerous new work reporting requirements that have already forced 5 million people off SNAP, including 1.2 million children. Now OBBBA's cost shift to states will do far more damage to this critical program. By forcing billions of benefits costs onto