Arizona students have returned to classrooms, where access to healthy breakfast and lunch helps them stay focused, engaged and ready to learn. But hundreds of Arizona schools face a growing threat to free meals…
Nearly half of Arizona’s SNAP participants have lost their food assistance since July 2025, including roughly 180,000 children. That has removed more than $600 million in benefits from household…
New analysis from the Arizona Center for Economic Progress, using the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator, shows what Arizona’s affordability crisis looks like inside a Phoenix household budget:…
Without state funding, more than 640,000 eligible children could lose access to summer grocery benefits Arizona lawmakers face an immediate budget choice that could determine whether hundreds of…
A new report from the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution adds to a growing body of evidence: Stricter SNAP eligibility rules around work do not meaningfully increase employment, but they do reduce access…
Arizona households are facing severe affordability crises as many have lost access to a critical safety net. Recent national stories have highlighted the fragility of the U.S. economy and…
More than 450,000 Arizonans have lost food assistance since 2025 — and the ripple effects are hitting families, local economies, and the state’s long-term outlook Across Arizona, families are…
Arizona is experiencing a rapid erosion of access to SNAP benefits, and with it, a significant loss of food assistance for families across the state. In just six months, more than 375,000 Arizonans — including…
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