Under the new GOP law, adults aged 55 to 64 and those with children over the age of 14 must work at least 20 hours a week, or ...

Colorado and Texas are among the states aiming to change what food and drink can be bought with SNAP benefits.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) plays a vital role in alleviating food insecurity by providing financial assistance for the purchase of nutritious food. With millions of ...

Bay Area food banks and their clients are bracing for potential cuts to supplemental nutrition benefits as a results of the spending bill Congress just passed.

President Donald Trump ’s big tax cut bill will overhaul a common food assistance program for lower-income people by forcing states to pick up some of the costs and requiring more people to work ...

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a budget line item late Sunday that would have brought in an estimated $450 million in federal dollars to fund a summer food aid program for low-income children.

Indiana has added itself to the list of four states to ban soft drinks and candy from the SNAP, joining Iowa, Nebraska and Texas.

Meanwhile, the Senate Agriculture Committee is proposing somewhat less drastic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, than the House.

The effort is part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, or SNAP-Ed, a federally funded initiative that aims to help low-income Americans make healthier, cost-effective food ...

President Donald Trump’s plan to cut taxes by trillions of dollars could also trim billions in spending from social safety net programs, including food assistance for lower-income people. The proposed ...

The Senate Agriculture Committee is scaling back the state cost-share requirement for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the House budget reconciliation bill but retaining key boosts ...