House Speaker Mike Johnson defended the House GOP’s proposed changes to SNAP, arguing that states will better administer food stamp benefits if they have to cover more of the costs and that ...

SNAP recipients who lost power during the storm and had their food spoil as a result have until Monday to request replacement ...

Navigating the SNAP program as a student can be complex, but understanding the eligibility criteria can open doors to ...

Among the key pieces in the fiscal package passed last week by House Republicans: cuts to the federal program that helps ...

In Alameda County, about 170,000 people receive benefits through CalFresh, the state’s SNAP program, according to the Alameda ...

Privacy and hunger relief groups and a handful of people receiving food assistance benefits are suing the federal government ...

Food banks across Texas condemned a plan by House Republicans to restrict SNAP benefits and make some states pay for up to 25% of the federally funded benefits as part of plan to cut trillions in ...

Under a proposal unveiled Monday, the federal government would ask states to shoulder part of the $100 billion annual cost of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, something many state ...

Monday night’s proposal from GOP members of the House Agriculture Committee would cut more than $290 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps over 42 million ...

House Republicans rolled out legislation Monday evening that would make significant changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP ... a portion of SNAP benefit costs, tighten ...

The federal government has fully paid for benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since it was created in 1939 as a way to fight food insecurity amid the Great Depression.