A consortium of 20 states and Washington, D.C., have filed a lawsuit challenging the USDA’s demands they turn over the personal information of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.

In May, the USDA made an unprecedented demand that states turn over massive amounts of personal information on all SNAP applicants and recipients, including Social Security numbers and home addresses dating back five years, to prevent fraud and abuse.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has threatened to withhold funding for the program if states fail to comply. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, representing one of the states suing, said the $190 million in funding represents half of the state’s costs for the program and any delay would be “catastrophic.”

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