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

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

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

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 ...

Some 42 million Americans collect SNAP benefits. But benefits could be disrupted in November due to the government shutdown.

In a letter to state health officials earlier this month, Ronald Ward -- the acting head of SNAP -- warned that "if the ...

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

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

Nearly 3 million New Yorkers are poised to lose their food stamp benefits after the USDA said it wouldn’t use any of its $6 ...

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