At least 18 states will implement changes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the new year. Five of ...

Starting in 2026, Florida SNAP recipients will no longer be able to use federal assistance for certain "non-nutritious items ...

Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...

SNAP—often referred to as food stamps—provides monthly grocery assistance to more than 40 million low- and no-income ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, will be funded through February should the government shutdown ...

The Agriculture Department plans to freeze federal funding for 21 states starting next week as it escalates its crackdown on possible fraud in the food stamp program, Agriculture Secretary Brooke ...

A federal government shutdown has halted funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Florida's Department of Children and Families confirmed that November SNAP benefits will ...

Here’s what you need to know about the federal SNAP program, which provides food assistance to nearly one in eight Americans. It could go dark on Saturday. (Author’s note: Updated to reflect recent ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced there will be no money to fund the SNAP food stamp program next month, leaving more than 88,000 Louisiana seniors and thousands ...

(The Center Square) — Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is blasting the Trump administration for refusing to release surplus federal funds to support the food stamp program, with benefits for ...

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