Joanna Martínez already spends much of her day worrying about the rising cost of food and how she can afford enough healthy meals to feed her two daughters. Now the single mother, who lives in Chicago ...

This week the House Committee on Agriculture advanced its budget bill that includes major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) − and the stakes are clear and very high. The ...

As the controversy over funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the government shutdown dragged on in recent days, the top official in charge of the program pivoted to a ...

Like the millions of Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, retailers are bracing for the effects of reduced or delayed funding to a program that typically injects ...

The most recently published U.S. Agriculture Department data shows that as of 2023, the largest group of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients by race was white (35.4%), followed by ...

The government shutdown caused a panic among recipients, but the monthly budgeting issues go back 50 years and may get worse. By Meghan McCarron The government-shutdown crisis may be coming to an end, ...