Neil Sehgal
@neilsehgal.bsky.social
Endowed Chair in Health Administration and Associate Professor of Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health.
https://hspop.uw.edu/about/faculty/member/?faculty_id=Sehgal_Neil
https://hspop.uw.edu/about/faculty/member/?faculty_id=Sehgal_Neil
According to USDA, in May (the most recent month for which data is available) more than 905,000 Washingtonians received a total of $167M in SNAP benefits.
Since SNAP participation tends to increase towards the end of the year, this is likely an underestimate.
Since SNAP participation tends to increase towards the end of the year, this is likely an underestimate.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
According to USDA, in May (the most recent month for which data is available) more than 905,000 Washingtonians received a total of $167M in SNAP benefits.
Since SNAP participation tends to increase towards the end of the year, this is likely an underestimate.
Since SNAP participation tends to increase towards the end of the year, this is likely an underestimate.
Based on the Governor’s own estimates, $2.2M/week would replace about 5% of the federal SNAP funding Washington is projected to lose. A good start, but a press release is not a policy solution and food banks can’t replace a federal entitlement that serves nearly a million Washingtonians every month.
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Based on the Governor’s own estimates, $2.2M/week would replace about 5% of the federal SNAP funding Washington is projected to lose. A good start, but a press release is not a policy solution and food banks can’t replace a federal entitlement that serves nearly a million Washingtonians every month.
And then this evening they published this.
(I know, I know… correlation does not imply causation.)
(I know, I know… correlation does not imply causation.)
More than 1 in 10 state residents are in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, whose benefits will end Nov. 1 due to the ongoing government shutdown.
WA to direct $2.2 million a week to food banks as SNAP cutoff nears
www.seattletimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
And then this evening they published this.
(I know, I know… correlation does not imply causation.)
(I know, I know… correlation does not imply causation.)