The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries.

New Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rules are going into effect on Saturday, even as benefits will already not be issued through November without federal funding due to the ...

With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might ...

Hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans receive SNAP benefits. The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) ...

Food banks and pantries say they expect a massive influx of need that could stretch the already strained food safety net beyond what it can handle ...

November will be 'disastrous' for residents who need FoodShare benefits, locals say, with an end to the federal shutdown ...

More likely than not, someone in your community – whether friend, family or neighbor – uses SNAP benefits. As millions of people could lose access to food assistance programs during the government ...

Federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to deploy emergency funds, but food assistance money still faces delays.

Despite a judge's ruling ordering the administration to fund SNAP benefits, President Donald Trump said that November's ...

The Trump administration had said SNAP food assistance wouldn’t be distributed in November because of the government shutdown. But on Friday, a judge ordered that contingency funds be distributed.