Starting in October, most families will see a little extra money on their EBT cards each month - but keeping up with inflation isn’t the same as providing what families actually need. 

This summer, we provided microgrant funding to 19 community-based organizations in areas of the state with the biggest decreases in SUN Bucks enrollment.

Expanding public charge causes a chilling effect that directly increases hunger, homelessness, and poverty at large. It also has downstream community impacts, like worse nutrition and declining health outcomes, more uncompensated medical care, and lower educational attainment.

More than 900,000 Washington residents are facing delays to their SNAP benefits as the federal government shutdown disrupts funding for the nation’s largest food assistance program.