Total spending on USDA’s food and nutrition assistance programs continued to fall in fiscal year 2024

Federal spending on USDA's food and nutrition assistance programs totaled $142.2 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2024, excluding spending on the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program (Summer EBT or SUN Bucks). Total spending in FY 2024 was 18 percent lower than in FY 2023, adjusted for inflation. In FY 2024, inflation-adjusted spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the largest USDA nutrition assistance program, was 14 percent lower than the previous year. Inflation-adjusted spending on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) increased by 5 percent compared to FY 2023. Combined inflation-adjusted spending on child nutrition programs (excluding Summer EBT) increased by 2 percent. Combined spending on other programs fell in FY 2024, primarily due to the expiration of the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program in FY 2023.