Eleven states are sending emergency allotments or leftover SNAP benefits in May 2025. See who qualifies and when payments ...

The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program—also known as Summer EBT or SUN Bucks—provides $120 per eligible child to help low-income families afford groceries over the summer months when school ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a key tool in helping millions of families access nutritious food in the United States. In 2025, eligibility criteria and be ...

Nebraska is first in the nation to ban SNAP recipients from using public grocery aid to buy soda and energy drinks.

The only way Congress can cut $230 billion from Agriculture Department budget is to slash Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

The RMP is a state option that allows certain SNAP beneficiaries to buy prepared foods at restaurants with their SNAP benefits. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that eligible individuals ...

The bill would require states, for the first time, to cover part of the cost of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...

The federal government has fully paid for benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since it was created in 1939 as a way to fight food insecurity amid the Great Depression.

Families that are in poverty and struggling to make ends meet might be cut off from social welfare benefits if Congress moves ...