The end of the government shutdown last month restored funding for a critical food assistance program that keeps millions of families out of hunger. But the weeks-long crisis over the fate of the ...
Enrique Fuentes counted on the $250 he received monthly in federal nutrition assistance to cover the cost of groceries. That changed last month. Fuentes works three days a week as a technician ...
After going dark for more than 40 days, causing anti-hunger programs to run out of money, the federal government is back open, and food benefits are being reinstated nationwide for low-income families ...
Payments through SNAP, the federal food assistance program, have been delayed during the government shutdown, but program cuts in this summer’s budget bill already put vulnerable families at long-term ...
The end of the government shutdown last month restored funding for a critical food assistance program that keeps millions of families out of hunger. But the weeks-long crisis over the fate of the ...
(NEXSTAR) – With the government shutdown finally over, states are working to get food assistance flowing again. They’re also working to implement new restrictions and cuts to who can qualify for SNAP ...
About 475,000 people in Philadelphia rely on SNAP benefits. SNAP cuts also impact local grocery stores and the economy. Hundreds of people lined up for a food giveaway in Grays Ferry on Friday.
A little more than a year ago, Ryan Sprankle welcomed President Donald Trump to one of the three grocery stores his family owns near Pittsburgh. Trump was on the campaign trail; they talked about high ...
Our nation’s most effective nutrition program will soon be in crisis if our elected leaders in Congress don’t act soon. This summer, Congress passed HR 1 (known as the Big Beautiful Bill), which ...