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Arizona’s Food Stamp Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the U.S.

August 5, 2026·31 min·4-min readnarrativenews
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Arizona has seen a dramatic drop in SNAP enrollment, with 450,000 people—over half the state’s caseload—losing benefits, largely due to administrative changes tied to federal legislation. The episode reveals how policy shifts, combined with state-level implementation failures, have left eli

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Jason DeParle

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Jason DeParleAdriana ZehbrauskasDee McDonaldAlejandra Casillas

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New York Times

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SNAP

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Criminal Justice ReformInequalityInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismUs Politics

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