New work requirements have been delayed in a number of states.

Able-bodied adults ages 18–64 without a child under 14 must work, volunteer, or train 80 hours per month to keep benefits. Some previously exempt groups ma ...

The Department of Agriculture has approved waivers for 18 states to restrict what SNAP recipients can purchase at grocery stores, despite the fact that it lacks legal authority to do so, and this ...

Ohioans won't be allowed to use SNAP benefits to buy pop or other sugary carbonated drinks, the DeWine administration announced.

South Dakota will move to ban the purchase of sugary drinks with food assistance benefits after Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden ...

AUSTIN - The Texas Health and Human Services Commission reminds Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients that they can no longer buy candy or sweetened drinks with their Lone Star ...

A group of Georgia lawmakers are working to tackle potential fraud in the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

A 2024 letter reveals that even the President Biden administration urged Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey to clean up the state’s SNAP program, which was recently found by state and federal authorities ...

Many people receiving SNAP benefits must now prove they are working—or actively trying to find work—in order to continue ...

New work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, took effect on ...