Arkansas, Idaho and Utah have received permission to place restrictions on which foods are SNAP-eligible, joining three other ...

In May, the USDA approved SNAP waivers for Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska, the first state to be granted a waiver. Other states ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he hopes to expand state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program waivers to ...

The 41.7 million people who received monthly SNAP benefits in 2024 have long known they cannot use what were once called food stamps to purchase alcohol, ...

Thousands of SNAP recipients will benefit from emergency food assistance following severe weather in Kentucky, while older ...

The federal government wants more clarification from West Virginia on a waiver to remove soda and add some hot food items to ...

The Food and Nutrition Service in the federal agriculture department has taken a first look at West Virginia's waiver ...

Jim Pillen. She has also signed a waiver for Indiana and Iowa, "with half-a-dozen more coming down the line," she said. "We are on track to sign multiples of snap waivers to get junk food and ...

One of the primary methods to achieve these reductions is through the imposition and expansion of new work requirements. For SNAP ... states' ability to grant waivers and requires them to ...

Nebraska’s waiver will effectively prohibit the purchases of soda and energy drinks with SNAP benefits. Iowa’s will ban nearly all “taxable” food items, as defined by Iowa law. And in ...