“Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Growing need and decreased resources are squeezing the charitable food system beyond its capacity, leaders say.

More than 200 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Friday to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urging her to use the ...

SNAP development director Sasha Gersten-Paal has said there won't be enough funds to send benefits to the roughly 42 million ...

More than 40 million low-income food stamp beneficiaries are expected to receive less help with grocery bills — or no help at ...

About 42 million people receive money through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, sometimes called food stamps. The U.S. Agriculture Department told states in an Oct. 10 letter that if the ...

Americans face a "tough time" as food banks are unlikely to be able to meet the demand amid the government shutdown.

People who rely on the federal food assistance program might not receive their benefits for the month of November because of ...

If the federal shutdown continues past Oct. 27, funding for SNAP food assistance will run out in Texas, potentially leaving 3.5 million residents without benefits.

Starting on Nov. 1, families across Georgia will not have access to SNAP benefits because of the ongoing government shutdown.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps, is the latest government program to be hit by ...