Many people are familiar with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called food stamps, which delivers money in the form of an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to ...

Starting Jan. 1, taxable foods and beverages in Iowa will no longer be eligible under SNAP. This includes candy, soda and ...

The US has various economic aid initiatives for low-income families, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, popularly known as SNAP. Through this, the government provides food stamps ...

Congress passed bipartisan legislation to provide families that rely on subsidized school meals with help buying food over the summer. Nearly half of Republican-led states have yet to sign on. The ...

EBT car insurance discounts are emerging as a potential source of relief for households that already struggle to cover basic expenses. For many families, monthly car insurance payments represent a ...

The most damaging form of fraud in SNAP is fraud where the low-income recipients are the victims, not the perpetrators,” a ...

Iowa announced on Monday that it will return to a federal summer food assistance program. The announcement came on the same day a new report showed Iowa's program in 2025 fell well short of reaching ...

Alabama officials are rolling out new EBT cards featuring embedded chips to better protect benefits from theft. See which counties are getting them first.

BEFORE FRIDAY’S DEADLINE. STATES HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 1ST TO SEND A LETTER OF INTENT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER EBT PROGRAM. GOVERNOR REYNOLDS OPTED OUT JUST LAST SUMMER.

HUNTSIVLLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama Department of Human Resources is recommending that all EBT cardholders utilize the new Lock/Unlock feature on the ConnectEBT app and website, especially the “Lock ...