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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kennedy Jr. HB109 requires a federal waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement the changes to Idaho's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP. Little said his ...

An effort to bar soda and candy from the food assistance program got a favorable reception in a Senate committee. Meanwhile, the Missouri governor is looking to promote “healthier foods.” ...

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

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.

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