Total spending on USDA’s food and nutrition assistance programs fell in fiscal year 2023

Federal spending on USDA's food and nutrition assistance programs totaled $166.4 billion in fiscal year 2023, 13 percent less than fiscal year 2022, adjusted for inflation. Inflation-adjusted spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the largest USDA nutrition assistance program, was 9 percent lower than the previous year. Spending on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) increased by 11 percent. In fiscal year 2023, combined spending on child nutrition programs decreased by 24 percent compared to fiscal year 2022. Combined spending on other programs fell in fiscal year 2023, primarily due to lower spending on Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) in its final year of operation.