The SNAP program is undergoing significant changes in 2026. Learn about the new restrictions on sugary drinks and expanded ...

States are quietly rewriting the rules of the grocery checkout line for millions of low income households, tightening what ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are due to run out on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, as the government shutdown continues, and with no Senate votes planned today, Oct. 29 and no ...

Food pantries are anticipating a jump in client counts as the improving economy prompts states to tighten conditions for people to get federal nutrition assistance, writes The New York Times. Several ...

In an unprecedented situation, millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program in the coming weeks amid the federal government shutdown. The US Department of Agriculture ...

Indiana will become one of the first states in the nation to restrict SNAP food stamp purchases of sugary drinks and candy when new rules take effect January 1, 2026.

The new rules amount to a crackdown on states, such as Oregon, that allowed so-called “able-bodied adults without dependents” ...