Millions of people who rely on food stamps are waking up to a new reality in 2026, as a wave of state-level limits on "junk ...

Several states will begin restricting the types of food and drink that can be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition ...

Starting January 1, food-stamp recipients in five U.S. states will face restrictions on using the benefits to buy some sugary ...

Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, ...

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

The move is part of a broader effort led by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to ...

With federal food assistance benefits set to shut off on Nov. 1, Gov. Kathy Hochul has so far announced over $100 million in state funds to help cover meals for the three million impacted New Yorkers.

Emergency allotments were authorized under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to help address temporary food needs during the pandemic for SNAP households. According to the U.S. Department of ...

State leaders are in crisis mode as the weekend approaches. The ongoing government shutdown means SNAP benefits will be put on hold. That will result in 600,000 Coloradans -- half of them children -- ...

Some states handed out a month's worth of federally funded food aid as soon as the courts said it should be coming. Then USDA told states they had sent out the food stamps prematurely and would have ...

Food assistance is often framed as a safety net for children and working families, but it is just as central to stability for older adults. For the roughly 11 million seniors who rely on food stamps ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs allocates $7.5 million to fix food stamp and unemployment benefit delays in Arizona, addressing staffing ...