SNAP benefits are back online for December, but the program looks different than it did before the shutdown. The big picture: November's mass chaos over the freezing of Supplemental Nutrition ...

(NEXSTAR) – With the government shutdown finally over, states are working to get food assistance flowing again. They’re also working to implement new restrictions and cuts to who can qualify for ...

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For Ashleigh Ligon, a mother of six living in Federal Way, Washington, the defining word for November has been “uncertainty.” Ligon’s household is already marked by the chaos of a large family—her six ...

New requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could remove food aid for 114,000 Kentuckians. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) expands work reporting requirements to ...

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HACAP driver Brian Harkness brings a pallet of groceries into the Northwest Neighborhood Resource Center in Cedar Rapids on Dec. 4. HACAP delivers food to food banks around Eastern Iowa. Despite ...