The Autism DadProtect Food Assistance
Ready-to-use scripts to tell your members of Congress and your state officials how the 2025 SNAP cuts are hitting families, and to protect food assistance as the new rules roll out.
The basics
The same 2025 budget law that cut Medicaid also made the largest cut to SNAP, the program most people know as food stamps, since the 1990s. It expands work-paperwork rules to more people, makes states pay a bigger share of the cost, and has already pushed millions off the program.
SNAP feeds working families, seniors, veterans, and about one in five children in this country. Analysts and news reports estimate more than 3.5 million people had already lost SNAP by early 2026, and about 2 million children could lose food help because a parent gets caught by the new work rules. States are now deciding how to carry out the cuts, so state officials matter as much as Congress.
Who this affects
Food assistance is not a niche program. It feeds working parents between paychecks, seniors on fixed incomes, veterans, and millions of kids, including a lot of families who never thought they would need it. When the grocery help disappears, it lands on every family that was already stretched thin.
- The SNAP cuts are part of HR 1, the 2025 budget law, so they are already on the books, but the rollout is happening in stages through 2026 and 2027.
- Work-reporting rules now reach more people, including many who used to be exempt, and states will pay a bigger share of the cost starting in the 2027 budget year.
- More than 3.5 million people had already lost SNAP by early 2026, and about 2 million children are projected to lose food help (CBPP, Georgetown Center for Children and Families).
Call script~30 sec
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm a constituent from [YOUR TOWN, ZIP]. I'm calling about the cuts to SNAP, the food assistance program, in the 2025 budget law. I'm asking [SENATOR / REPRESENTATIVE LAST NAME] to fight to protect food assistance, to oppose deeper cuts, and to support restoring what was taken. Optional, and this line matters: [My family has counted on SNAP, and losing it would mean real hunger in my home.] Can you tell me where [SENATOR / REPRESENTATIVE LAST NAME] stands on protecting food assistance? Thank you for your time.
Email subject
Please protect SNAP food assistance for families in our state
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Dear [SENATOR / REPRESENTATIVE LAST NAME], I'm a constituent from [YOUR TOWN, ZIP], and I'm writing about the cuts to SNAP, the food assistance program, in the 2025 budget law. This is the largest cut to food assistance in decades. It expands work-paperwork rules to more people, including many who used to be exempt, and it shifts more of the cost onto states. More than 3.5 million people had already lost SNAP by early 2026, and analysts project about 2 million children could lose food help because a parent gets caught by the new rules. SNAP feeds working families, seniors, veterans, and about one in five kids in this country. No child in America should go hungry over a paperwork rule. Optional, and worth adding: [My family has relied on SNAP, and ...] I'm asking you to protect food assistance, to oppose any further cuts, and to work to restore what was taken. Please tell me where you stand. I'd appreciate a written response. Thank you, [YOUR NAME] [YOUR TOWN, ZIP]
Find them: call the U.S. Capitol switchboard 202-224-3121, or look up your address at congress.gov/members.
Call script~30 sec
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm a constituent from [YOUR TOWN, ZIP]. I'm calling about food assistance. The 2025 federal budget law cut SNAP and pushed more of the cost and the paperwork onto states, and our state is deciding how to carry that out. I want [STATE LEGISLATOR / GOVERNOR LAST NAME] to protect SNAP access here, to keep the paperwork from pushing eligible families off, and to fully fund the program in our state budget. Optional: [My family has counted on food assistance, and I don't want to see neighbors go hungry over red tape.] Where does [STATE LEGISLATOR / GOVERNOR LAST NAME] stand on protecting food assistance? Thank you.
Email subject
Protect SNAP food assistance for families in our state
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Dear [TITLE AND LAST NAME], I'm a constituent from [YOUR TOWN, ZIP], writing about food assistance here at home. The 2025 federal budget law cut SNAP and shifted more of the cost and the administrative burden onto states. That means decisions about who keeps their food help now land right here, with our state. I'm asking you to protect SNAP access, to keep new paperwork from pushing eligible families off the program, and to fully fund food assistance in our state budget. No family in our state should go hungry because of a missed form. Please tell me where you stand. I'd appreciate a written response. Thank you, [YOUR NAME] [YOUR TOWN, ZIP]
Find your Ohio House and Senate members to fill in the brackets above. Your address stays on your device.
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Heads up. The 2025 budget law made the biggest cut to SNAP, the food stamp program, in decades. More than 3.5 million people had already lost it by early 2026, and about 2 million kids could lose food help over new paperwork rules. SNAP feeds working families, seniors, veterans, and kids. Please call your members of Congress at 202-224-3121 and your state officials, and ask them to protect food assistance. Two minutes, and it keeps food on tables.