The Healthy SNAP Act would exclude soft drinks, candy, ice cream and prepared desserts from being bought with SNAP benefits.

While the exemption request is still subject to approval, currently, no state has exemptions that restrict food purchases based on nutritional value. However, this could change, as legislators in ...

Can the nation’s safety net survive without unraveling the very fabric of food security it was designed to protect? Last week ...

Some state lawmakers want to restrict what the 1.4 million Ohioans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits can buy. “Consumers everywhere of all income levels deserve the ...

A new bill backed by Sen. Jon Husted would ban SNAP recipients from buying soda, candy and desserts, but public health ...

One of the two Arizona junk food bills backed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now law. The other one could be ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. Jon Husted is cosponsoring legislation that would block people from using Supplemental ...

Students have trouble accessing federal food benefits. Poor planning at the Ed Department and the Department of Agriculture ...

In the state of Florida, numerous low-income families find crucial support in food assistance to meet their daily needs.

Six parishes in Louisiana were chosen to be part of a USDA-funded pilot project aimed at encouraging SNAP recipients to make ...

Lawmakers clashed over the future of the nation's largest food aid program during U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committee ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides electronic benefits that can be used as cash to buy food. SNAP ...