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 ...

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

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 ...

Food insecurity advocates say kids, the elderly and people with disabilities will go hungry if the budget deal goes through.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...