WUWM | T Powell
Julie Bock studies social policy. She’s a lecturer at UWM’s Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. “Up until the Big Beautiful Bill, the federal government paid 100% of SNAP. Now starting in 2027, states are going to be paying between 5 and 15% of the SNAP costs. I’m not really sure where that money is going to be coming from, and each state will have to deal with it in a different way,” Bock says. According to the Food Research & Action Center, this is the first time since the modern SNAP program began in 1960s that states will be required to share the cost of funding the program. Above: The People’s Table Food Pantry in Milwaukee is one emergency food provider that’s seen an uptick in visitors due to changes in FoodShare benefits.