Bridge Michigan · October 12, 2026

More Than 167,000 Michiganders Left SNAP Between June 2025 and August 2026

• More than 167,000 Michiganders, including more than 53,000 children, fell off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) since last summer, according to the report.
• About 1.4 million people were enrolled in SNAP in Michigan in June 2025; by August 2026 enrollment had dropped nearly 12%, according to the report.
• Policy experts cited in the report attribute the drop in large part to new work rules and additional paperwork under the federal law signed by President Donald Trump in 2025.
• Erin Frisch, senior deputy director for economic stability at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said people are dropping out because they do not fully understand or miss communications about their new responsibilities to obtain or keep benefits, according to the report.

Enrollment figures and attributions are as reported in the Bridge Michigan story, a Detroit Free Press partner report shared with Bridge. Original headline: "167K Michiganders fell off SNAP since last summer".