There are several changes coming to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2026, including stricter bans on ...

USDA employee Ellen Mei (center) spoke at a rally Friday about her planned termination following an interview about SNAP benefits lapsing during the federal shutdown. On October 2, the day after the ...

The USDA has approved new waivers allowing 18 states to restrict SNAP purchases, aiming to promote healthier choices.

A now-deleted contingency plan showed the U.S. Department of Agriculture once expected to keep food assistance funded during a government shutdown — before reversing course in a new memo released this ...

Funding has nearly run dry for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), leaving millions of Americans without food assistance come November because of the ongoing government shutdown.

State SNAP administrators have 30 days to recertify eligibility for roughly 100,000 households, or risk the state’s ability ...

USDA’s year-end actions – tighter standards for voluntary “Product of USA” claims, spanning SNAP waiver expansions and a $30M ...

Farmers across the central U.S. have navigated a myriad of challenges this year, including low crop prices and federal ...

A continued federal government shutdown threatens to halt SNAP and WIC food assistance benefits for millions of Americans starting November 1. The USDA has stated that reserve funds will not be used ...

Hawaiʻi is among six states approved by the US Department of Agriculture to impose new restrictions on food purchases under ...

The Kansas Department for Children and Families is working to update the process for paying out November benefits for Kansans who receive support from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

The letter orders Minnesota to take part in a "pilot program" that will require some SNAP beneficiaries to recertify.