A statement from the CEOs of New Jersey’s five food banks

May, 22, 2025 

Today, the House of Representatives voted to advance its budget reconciliation bill that includes $300 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), slashes Medicaid, and eliminates SNAP-Ed nutrition education. At a time when millions of families are struggling to keep up with rising costs, these cuts would put healthy food and affordable health care further out of reach and will increase hunger and hardship across our state and country. With nearly 1.1 million New Jerseyans facing hunger, food banks – which are already at record levels of service – won’t be able to fill the gaps these cuts will create. We urge the Senate to reject these cuts, and all New Jersey residents to continue advocating to their members of Congress to oppose them.