While the administration insists the funding freeze does not apply to direct payments like Social Security and Medicaid, SNAP benefits are in a gray area. Experts interpret the ambiguous language in ...

Saying they have no nutritional value, a Lake Havasu Republican is leading the charge to take sodas — with or without sugar — ...

The bill would exclude "soft drinks, candy, ice cream and prepared desserts" from being purchased using SNAP benefits.

If you are a SNAP benefit recipient and lost your food due to a power outage from last weekend’s round of severe weather, you ...

One of the benefit programs that helps more than 40 million Americans could receive a change that would indirectly impact their wallets The SNAP program could have a change in its budget ...

The agency that distributes SNAP benefits is urging its clients to safeguard their EBT cards, as benefits theft soars in ...

The federal government is no longer replacing stolen benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. That could mean a total loss of tens of thousands of dollars in SNAP benefits in ...

State and federal agencies are working to combat an increase in SNAP benefits theft as recipients voice ongoing concerns ...

While WIC itself isn’t facing direct funding cuts, a new policy brief from the National WIC Association (NWA) warns that changes to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

Arizonans who receive assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would no longer be able to use those benefits to buy soda, candy and similar products under a new bill.

The next Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky “Health for a Change” webinar is titled “Facts Over Fiction-Changing the Narrative ...