New analysis suggests federal SNAP cuts and cost shifts could lead to as many as 23,000 avoidable deaths in North Carolina in a worst-case scenario.
The changes, signed by Trump, require states to shoulder a much larger share of SNAP’s costs starting this fall, raising questions about how, lacking an approved state budget, NC will protect families who rely on food assistance.
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