Several states will begin restricting the types of food and drink that can be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition ...
TEXAS, USA — Some Texans started receiving SNAP benefits on Monday after food assistance payments for November were delayed for more than a week as a result of the federal government shutdown. “SNAP ...
The San Antonio Police Department released new photos on Friday of people of interest believed to be involved in a deadly downtown shooting. Read full article: Rise in elderly homelessness prompts ...
At least 18 states will implement changes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the new year. Five of ...
A federal government shutdown and a pause in SNAP benefits led to a surge in demand at West Central Texas food banks. Many families are one missed paycheck away from needing food assistance. Food ...
The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team ...
Food stamps were first issued in 1939 as an assistance program to prevent starvation during the Great Depression. But 86 years later, thousands of liquor stores and smoke shops have become approved ...
Alejandro Santillan-Garcia is worried he’s going to lose the aid that helps him buy food. The 20-year-old Austin resident qualified for federal food benefits last year because he aged out of the Texas ...
The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance. By David W. Chen The ...