The article also highlighted how changes in the SNAP program impact demand within Maine’s charitable food network. Now, potential cuts to SNAP in the proposed Farm Bill threaten to worsen an ...

The specific details of the cuts are not public yet, but some Republican leaders are calling for states to pay a portion of SNAP food benefits for the first time. Maine’s members of Congress ...

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 172,200 Maine residents, or 12% of the state’s population, were ...

Food insecurity continues to be a challenge for many Maine families.According to the latest Map the Meal Gap study from ...

SNAP benefits cannot be used to buy products such as pet food, alcohol, and household items like paper and soap. In Maine, approximately 161,800 people (roughly 12% of the population) receive SNAP ...

What do a farmer, a food bank director and a Republican state ... the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP. In Maine, more than 179,000 people rely on it for food every month.

Maine residents will begin ... at grocery stores to purchase eligible food products such as fruits, vegetables, bread, meat and poultry, and drinks. SNAP benefits cannot be used to buy products ...

00 SNAP recipients reside in Maine. Every child in Maine currently receives free lunch, and many need additional programs to avoid food insecurity at home and during the summer. These are the ...

Farmers markets are one of those unexpected places that take SNAP EBT - and many ... they'll receive $10 in Maine Harvest Bucks to spend on additional healthy food. Other states, including Rhode ...