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The bill aims to improve SNAP participants' access to work and training services by funding linked data systems and coordination, but limited funding, matching and supplement rules, and potential privacy/transparency tradeoffs may constrain benefits and unevenly burden states.
Low-income SNAP participants and unemployed workers could gain easier, more timely access to employment and training services through linked longitudinal data systems and improved co-enrollment/data-sharing that connect SNAP E&T with other workforce programs.
State and local agencies will have access to competitive grants, coordination incentives, and up to $15 million per year (FY2026–2030) — with up to 20% for technical assistance — to help build and implement interoperable data systems.
Service providers, nonprofits, and program administrators can better track participant outcomes and use data to improve program design and effectiveness through enhanced data‑exchange agreements and longitudinal analytics.
The funding level (capped at $15 million per year nationwide) is relatively small and may be insufficient to modernize data systems across many states, limiting the bill's practical impact.
Requirements that grant funds be matched or leveraged with non‑Federal contributions and a supplement-not-supplant rule could disadvantage poorer states or localities and reduce flexibility to integrate systems quickly.
Expanded data-sharing combined with a narrow FOIA exemption and privacy/security protections left to the Secretary could create uneven safeguards, reduced public transparency, and increased privacy risks for SNAP participants if protections are inconsistently applied.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes competitive USDA grants (FY2026–2030, $15M/yr) to help states build/strengthen SNAP E&T longitudinal data systems with privacy, security, reporting, and GAO review.
Introduced July 10, 2025 by Andrea Salinas · Last progress July 10, 2025
Creates a competitive grant program at USDA to help state agencies build and link administrative data systems for SNAP Employment & Training (E&T). It directs $15 million per year (FY2026–2030) from existing program funds for grants and technical assistance, sets privacy and security rules, requires reporting on use and impact, and orders a GAO review of implementation and coordination with other workforce programs.