The Department of Human Services (DHS) is reminding and encouraging eligible families to use an important and valuable state resource that ensures kids have enough to eat throughout the summer. SUN ...

The state's innovative approach automatically enrolled thousands of children in a critical food benefit program without families having to take extra steps.

Gov. Josh Green during a press conference Tuesday ardently encouraged people statewide to apply before the Aug. 3 deadline ...

SNAP customers in Grant County now have until Monday, July 28 to request emergency benefits due to the Trout Fire. This also ...

Food pantries across Iowa are taking part in the Healthy Kids Iowa pilot, which gives $40 worth of food monthly to 65,000 ...

In place of Summer EBT, which put $40 per month on a family's SNAP or EBT card, Iowa's pilot program provides a pre-packaged ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Healthy Kids Iowa program funds summer meals for kids, but does not go as far as Summer EBT, a federal program, food security advocates said. “Summer EBT would have assisted 245,000 ...

The legislative package signed into law on July 4, 2025, will shift more of SNAP’s costs to states, reducing federal spending while limiting assistance.

Iowa has launched its own summer EBT program that food security advocates say provides nutrition for a fraction of kids who ...

SNAP funding must now come from states, and new work requirements add pressure to vulnerable families, including college ...

Increased scams aimed at defrauding food assistance recipients prompted the Arkansas Department of Human Services to create a ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced the distribution of its fifth issuance of Summer Electronic ...