SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, has proven vital in preventing food insecurity and hunger, especially amongst lower-income households.

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

SNAP education programs across the country had their funding cut under the One Big Beautiful Bill. In Nebraska, numerous nutrition programs and university jobs are at risk.

The 32-year-old program that supports community gardens, nutrition education and other community-based activities employs 176 people.

One of congressional Democrats’ main charges against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is that millions will lose Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due to new ...

Abbott cited uncertainty over federal funding of the program as his reason for rejecting the state’s participation.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act would require states to pay 75% of the cost to administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a monthly allowance to purchase food.

Year: 2008 The federal aid program formerly known as food stamps was renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, on Oct. 1, 2008.

A program that would have provided $500 a month to low-income families in Harris County is officially off the table.

Harris County guaranteed income program dealt final blow after legal fight Attorney General Ken Paxton has been embroiled in a legal back-and-forth to end the program.

Commissioners voted Thursday to end Harris County’s beleaguered guaranteed income program, marking an end to a sprawling legal battle that ultimately prevented officials from providing financial ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps, provides monthly food benefits to about 42 million people in more than 22 million households.