Accusations of widespread fraud are at the heart of the Trump administration's policies on SNAP. Officials looking at the ...

SNAP benefit issuance dates will remain unchanged in 2026, with each state following its regular payment dates. Benefits will ...

In this cross-sectional study, adoption of state-level policies associated with higher Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation was also associated with lower county-level food ...

Certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds could be withheld from several Democratic-led states, ...

Including the latest waivers, 18 states have now received clearance from the USDA to exclude food and beverage products from being purchased via SNAP due to health concerns. The other states with ...

Tennessee House members passed a bill this spring directing the state government to seek a first-of-its-kind federal waiver ...

New rules in 2026 will narrow what food stamps can buy as more states ban junk food from SNAP. 18 states already approved ...

Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps, ...

When Eat Well, Be Well was launched in Rhode Island in January 2024, it was the first program of its kind in the country to offer a financial incentive for those in the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Fruits and vegetables are stacked inside of carboard boxes, Dec. 6, 2021. The record-breaking government shutdown has come to an end, but what remains are the ripple effects that played out over those ...

For Ashleigh Ligon, a mother of six living in Federal Way, Washington, the defining word for November has been “uncertainty.” Ligon’s household is already marked by the chaos of a large family—her six ...