The Trump administration wants to stop poor people from using federal food benefits for candy or soda. In an initiative ...

Proposals that Congress could enact this year, including through fast-track “reconciliation” legislation, would take away ...

More than $3.6 million in SNAP benefits have been stolen from nearly 8,000 Massachusetts families since mid-December, when ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a memorandum to all state agencies administering the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Governor Brad Little signed a bill on April 15 that bans candy and soda from being purchased with SNAP benefits in Idaho.

SNAP is the primary way the government helps feed Americans who can't afford food, but many don't understand how the program ...

Special agents with the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Inspector General, have arrested a Beaufort ...

Four states have said they will try to eliminate sugary products from food stamps programs, which may affect recipients of ...

Nebraska lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would ultimately allow more people to be eligible for SNAP benefits.

During the outage, Massachusetts EBT cardholders will not be able to use them for food and cash purchases or for cash withdrawals.

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will send out its first issuance of Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) benefits Wednesday.

Colorado could join a small list of states in the nation that allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to get a hot prepared meal using their benefits.