Nearly 18,900 Connecticut children have lost access to federal nutrition benefits since July 2025, when Congress and President Donald Trump ordered a wide array of human services cutbacks, state officials reported this week. Finding data about declining SNAP enrollment isn’t always easyEqually concerning, according to the center, is that many states fail to make SNAP data easily accessible online. Many states in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions did provide SNAP information for the report, including Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vermont. Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, D-West Hartford, the other co-chair of Human Services, is running this fall for Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District seat. But she predicted Tuesday state lawmakers will demand more data about and options to assist those who’ve lost SNAP benefits once the 2027 General Assembly session begins Jan. 6.