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 enrolled in SNAP in 2024.

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.

Try living on the average single person's weekly food stamp benefit ... on their resources. I urge Maine’s congressional delegation to please not reduce the SNAP benefit that many disadvantaged ...

Maine residents who receive food stamps will see their benefits for ... receiving their benefits for August between now and Monday. SNAP benefits in Maine are delivered based on the recipient ...

Approximately 12% of the population, or 161,800 people, receive food stamps in Maine. Eligible SNAP households must make below a maximum annual income of $26,973 for a household of one or $65,009 ...