GiveDirectly got $50 gift cards out to SNAP recipients during last month’s shutdown through a new approach to cash assistance ...

Finances already looked tight for Jade Grant and her three children as she entered the year’s final months. “Everyone’s ...

Electronic theft of food aid has quietly become one of the most expensive forms of consumer fraud in the country, draining benefits from families who often discover the loss only when they are ...

Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it’s working to reform what it calls the "out of control" SNAP benefits program. The agency plans to redirect more of its nutrition budget toward healthier, ...

The state agency in charge of administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — said it has not used a new state law that allows agencies to withhold public assistance payments ...

November's chaos around the intersection of the government shutdown and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) left many confused about how the program works. And while the longest ...

The month leading into the biggest food holiday of the year has been stressful for the 41.7 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food ...

When Eat Well, Be Well was launched in Rhode Island in January 2024, it was the first program of its kind in the country to offer a financial incentive for those in the Supplemental Nutrition ...