Navigating the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can be challenging, especially when determining which grocery items are eligible for purchase. By understanding the rules and guidelines ...

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.

In 2024, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provided a crucial safety net for nearly 400,000 Connecticut residents, representing one in nine state residents.

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.

The food bank is seeing food prices rise and recently saw federal programs cut that provided funding to buy food, including the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement, which paid for ...

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

Big changes are being proposed to a food aid program as part of President Donald Trump's tax-cut legislation, including work requirements that could force some people off the rolls.