Appropriates $4.4 million to the department of health and human services for fiscal year 2027 to cover increased state administrative costs for the SNAP program resulting from a reduction in the federal cost-share contribution.
making a supplemental appropriation to the department of health and human services for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
HB1750 would make a supplemental state appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services to keep New Hampshire's SNAP program running after a reduction in federal cost-sharing. Testimony is overwhelmingly supportive, with submitters warning that roughly 76,000 residents would lose food assistance without the funding; a single dissenting submission frames continued reliance on federal money as fiscally unwise government overreach.
Most supporters argue SNAP is essential to prevent hunger and hardship for children, seniors, people with disabilities, and working families, and that without this appropriation roughly 76,000 New Hampshire residents would lose access to food assistance.
“Without this bill, over 76,000 New Hampshire residents will lose access to SNAP—and to food.”
— Susan Mayer, Lee · #584541 — read full submission →
“Removing a safety net can make the difference between life and death, between being housed and being homeless, between dignity and derision.”
— Maureen Redmond-Scura, Concord · #596932 — read full submission →
Supporters argue adequate nutrition is necessary for children's brain development, health, and ability to learn, and that hungry students cannot succeed in school.
Teachers, school staff, nurses, social workers, and food-pantry workers describe directly witnessing rising food insecurity among the people they serve, lending firsthand credibility to the need for continued funding.
Several submitters, including food pantry and soup kitchen workers, argue that private charitable food programs are already overwhelmed and cannot make up the difference if SNAP funding lapses.
Some submitters contrast the cost of this appropriation with recent or proposed tax cuts and other spending benefiting corporations or wealthy residents, arguing food assistance should take priority.
A number of submitters frame support for the bill in explicitly moral, civic, or religious terms, describing feeding people in need as a fundamental obligation.
A few submitters note that SNAP spending, including programs like Double Up Veggie Bucks, benefits local farmers and farmers' markets in addition to recipients.
The lone opposing submission argues that accepting federal money to fund state programs creates unwise dependency, comparing it unfavorably to state sovereignty and citing federal fiscal problems.
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Please support this bill to ensure the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has the dollars to keep SNAP running. Without this bill, over 76,000 New Hampshire residents will lose access to SNAP - and to food. We must make the necessary state investment to ensure that SNAP remains fully operational.
I coordinate a Food Pantry in Durham, NH and see the need first hand for the continuation of SNAP benefits! The number of patrons we serve has steadily increased since last spring.
Food security should not be a political issue. SNAP benefits primarily keep children from going hungry and should be fully funded even when the federal government is unwilling or unable to do so. State and local government have no more fundamental mandate than to take care of the most vulnerable. Please support HB 1750.
Poor people need to have good and sufficient food.
HB1750 is a much needed bill to make sure that DHHS has the dollars to keep SNAP running. Without this bill, over 76,000 New Hampshire residents will lose access to SNAP - and to food. Please support this bill to ensure that SNAP remains fully operational. Many NH lives depend upon it.
Let’s make sure that people in New Hampshire do not go hungry and that they are not forced to choose between food and shelter or food and healthcare, for instance.
I am the director of a food pantry and support this bill. It will help many New Hampshire families in need who I see on a regular basis.
It is unconscionable that we would allow the weakest members of our community to go hungry during this time while the stock market and executive pay are at all-time highs. Let's do the right thing and fund SNAP to protect the vulnerable.
There are 76,000 Granite Staters who rely on SNAP in some way. They deserve to be able to eat without fear. This is exactly thw kind of society I want to be a part of. The kind that actually take care of each other and make sure that every can survive AND thrive. This gets us one step closer to that utopia. A very good, meaningful, necessary, step closer.
SNAP is a critical strand in the social safety net New Hampshire holds out for people in need. Please support this bill.
Support HB 1750 a bill that would make sure the Dept of Health and Human Services has enough money to keep SNAP running. If this bill is voted down over 76,000 NH residents will lose access to SNAP and thereby food. This would be devastating to these people and DHHS.
I worked as the Market Manager for the Keen Farmers Market. I ran the SNAP Double Up Veggie Bucks stand. I saw how very important to FARMERS this program is!! People need to eat healthy, fresh foods. FARMERS need to sell what they grow. SNAP allows that to happen. SNAP is a win-win program for hungry people and for FARMERS!
SNAP benefits are vital to the success and well-being of New Hampshire families - and that success leads directly to economic success for the state. SNAP is an investment, not an unrecoverable expense, and funding should be maintained.
It makes sense to make sure our students have the nutrition they need to make the most of their education. I know I’m not at my cognitive best when I am hungry.
It should be considered a basic function of government to make sure every resident has adequate nutrition, no matter their age, or social status.
It is important that we keep SNAP running after a decrease in federal cost-sharing. Without this bill, over 76,000 New Hampshire residents will lose access to SNAP—and to food.
People in New Hampshire are hungry. There is no excuse for this in one of the wealthiest States. We have a moral responsibility to care for our people even though the federal government has failed to do so.
Please support this bill and work toward feeding are hungry children and community members.
I am a farmer and SNAP vendor. The benefits of this program to my customers is enormous. Making fresh local food affordable to those who need it most is a foundational value of our farm.
Food security is fundamental for goo citizenship. We must ensure that SNAP remains fully operational in NH.
I Support this bill because it will help maintain funding for SNAP. We know there is food insecurity in NH as well as much of the country. I'm sure most people would not want to see children and families go hungry. Thank you for supporting our hungry neighbors. Joanna Andros
HB1750 - making a supplemental appropriation to the department of health and human services for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Residents of NH who rely on SNAP su[pport will go hungry and suffer health consequences without this supplemental appropriation.
We must protect SNAP Benefits
Every person deserves food. Students need to eat to learn.
This bill is necessary to make sure that SNAP benefits will continue--please vote to provide the supplemental appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services.