Participating schools receive reimbursements through a formula calculating the percentage of eligible students based on their participation in other forms of aid, such as the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Four Republican states have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to let them ban soda, energy drinks and other food items ...

The Trump administration wants to stop poor people from using federal food benefits for candy or soda. In an initiative ...

An effort to bar soda and candy from the food assistance program got a favorable reception in a Senate committee. Meanwhile, the Missouri governor is looking to promote “healthier foods.” ...

The meeting will also kick off a major public fight over the future of the country’s largest anti-hunger program — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps.

Governor Sanders announced today that she is submitting a waiver to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ban soft ...

after being accused of fraudulently receiving $20,369 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, according to DSS. Dennis Lee Phillips Jr., 42, and Jennifer Nichole Phillips ...

Kennedy Jr. called for soda to be removed for nutrition assistance programs. Kennedy stated "It's supposed to be nutrition." Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of independent labor ...

to ban soft drinks and candy from Arkansas' Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP is more commonly referred to as food stamps. Sanders announced the waiver on Tuesday morning at ...

An estimated $500 million also was cut from the USDA’s Emergency Food Assistance Program, which provides free food to food ... qualify for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is more commonly known as food stamps. In the U.S., it is how the government helps feed people who cannot afford food. Like many ...

The Lowell Youth Leadership Program is a local nonprofit that depends on the food bank to run its summer program. The free program ... bolster their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...