The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, previously called the Food Stamp Program) is a key component of the U.S. social safety net. SNAP is the only social safety net program universally available to low-income Americans, and is intended to help families meet their basic nutritional needs. It can also help to stabilize the economy during a fiscal downturn such as that brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. As unemployment rises and family incomes fall, SNAP can quickly and efficiently get resources to those in need, free up other resources to be used for additional necessities, and put money back into local economies. In this article, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach describes the current design of SNAP--including emergency pandemic provisions--and explore potential policy reforms, with a particular focus on reforms that could help families recover from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic