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 -- ...

SNAP—often referred to as food stamps—provides monthly grocery assistance to more than 40 million low- and no-income ...

A panel of Colorado legislators on Thursday approved a $10 million cash infusion into food assistance for residents who are expected to lose food stamp benefits starting on Saturday amid the federal ...

Food banks and local assistance programs are expecting to feed thousands of additional Coloradans amid the lapse of SNAP benefits in November. Many reported seeing increasing demand in late October.

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