This toolkit is designed to help state and county agencies, advocates, and other stakeholders implement telephonic signatures ...

New Mexico is launching a temporary state-funded food assistance program to provide a one-time lump-sum payment to households ...

SNAP recertification 2026 ensures continued eligibility for food assistance benefits, with processes varying by state but generally requiring form submission, an interview, and verification before ...

The Save gas station on the west side of Gary, Indiana, wants customers to know that they can pay for their groceries with food stamps. When I pulled into the parking lot last week, the first thing I ...

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville said last week that if elected governor he wants to root out “fraud in our state,” pointing specifically to a federal food assistance program that, for the first time since ...

Starting New Year's Day, some food-stamp recipients around the U.S. will be banned from using the government nutrition assistance to buy candy, soda and other foods. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and ...

A growing number of states are set to change what millions of Americans can buy with food assistance benefits, as new rules aimed at limiting unhealthy purchases roll out in 2026. Several states will ...

Minnesota’s Somali fraud saga finally pierced the national consciousness this week after conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley released a video purporting to show day care centers receiving public funds ...

The GOP created a rural health fund to try to limit the damage from Trump’s budget bill. And now, the fund is being weaponized against poor Americans. The Trump administration is rewarding states for ...

When it comes to changes for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka food stamps) payments in 2026, there have been three big ones making headlines. The new year not only means new rules ...

Lawmakers in 2024 let lapse the authority for states to reimburse food stamp recipients who lost their benefits to fraud. Several lawmakers want to reverse course. In the two years the Agriculture ...

Residents who rely on food stamps to help cover their grocery bills each month may no longer qualify for the federal program due to stricter work requirements that rolled out in November. Changes to ...