As November approaches, with the federal government shutdown now in its third week, suspension of food stamps for the hungry is becoming increasingly likely. There was sufficient federal funding in the pipeline for the states to pay SNAP benefits to an ...

SCHEDULED. AND RIGHT NOW, TIME IS TICKING FOR ANOTHER FEDERAL PROGRAM, SOMETHING THAT FAMILIES WILL FEEL IMMEDIATELY RIGHT HERE. SNAP, ALSO KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS, COULD BE SLASHED, IMPACTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RIGHT HERE AT HOME. WDSU JONAH ...

Accountability advocates and Republican state lawmakers are calling for Maryland to tighten oversight of the food stamp program, as new federal penalties are set to cost the state hundreds of

Some states handed out a month's worth of federally funded food aid as soon as the courts said it should be coming. Then USDA told states they had sent out the food stamps prematurely and would have to reclaim at least some portion. A Massachusetts federal ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs allocates $7.5 million to fix food stamp and unemployment benefit delays in Arizona, addressing staffing constraints and high error rates.

State leaders are in crisis mode as the weekend approaches. The ongoing government shutdown means SNAP benefits will be put on hold. That will result in 600,000 Coloradans -- half of them children -- being unable to buy food. Gov. Jared Polis asked for $10 ...

Emergency allotments were authorized under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to help address temporary food needs during the pandemic for SNAP households. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, emergency allotments provide $95 or more ...

With federal food assistance benefits set to shut off on Nov. 1, Gov. Kathy Hochul has so far announced over $100 million in state funds to help cover meals for the three million impacted New Yorkers. But that money isn’t going towards the benefits ...

Running South Carolina SNAP, also known as food stamps, may require nearly $38 million and 31 new employees due to federal budget changes.