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

Cuts to SNAP would be detrimental to the emergency food system in Illinois, including food pantries and food banks.

In Illinois, the problem is more pronounced. In 2000, 6.8% of Illinoisans were on SNAP. Today, 15.1% of Illinoisans are on ...

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

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

In 2023, Kansas had a payment error rate of more than 12 percent for SNAP applications. That surpassed the national average ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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