Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is not and has never been available to those in the country illegally, a USDA memo stated. USDA officials said they wanted to ensure that ...

According to the USDA, to be eligible, a household must either live or work in an identified disaster area, have been affected by the disaster and meet certain D-SNAP eligibility criteria.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is requesting a USDA waiver to ban SNAP purchases of candy and soft drinks. The proposal aims to improve the diets of low-income residents and address the state's ...

The SNAP program is run by the USDA and administered through individual states. It is authorized by the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, which says that SNAP benefits can be used for “any food ...

The SNAP program is run by the USDA and administered through individual states. It is authorized by the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, which says that SNAP benefits can be used for “any ...

SNAP is more commonly referred to as food stamps. Sanders announced the waiver on Tuesday morning at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion alongside U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican governors in Arkansas and Indiana moved Tuesday to ban soft drinks and candy from the program that helps low-income people pay for groceries, becoming the ...