Total spending on USDA’s food and nutrition assistance programs continued to fall in fiscal year 2025

Federal spending on USDA's food and nutrition assistance programs totaled $147.9 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2025. Total spending in FY 2025 was 1 percent lower than in FY 2024, adjusted for inflation. In FY 2025, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the largest USDA nutrition assistance program, accounted for 69 percent of USDA spending. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) accounted for 5 percent. The National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), related commodity costs and State administrative expenses, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), and Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program (Summer EBT) collectively accounted for 22 percent.