Arkansas food banks have been experiencing an increase in demand during the ongoing federal government shutdown, as furloughed government employees have used these services to meet their needs.

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

ODJFS added SNAP recipients may not receive their November benefits as normally scheduled if the federal government shutdown ...

Some 42 million people in the United States, a little over 12% of the population, received SNAP benefits last year.

The government shutdown is causing headaches across the country as thousands of Americans go without pay and key services are threatened.

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) on Friday introduced a bill to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

The government shutdown is now on Day 26 with no resolution in sight, as both sides remain entrenched in their positions over ...

Madison County Department of Social Services is aware that the Federal Government shutdown may have an effect on the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo Friday the agency’s contingency fund cannot legally be used to provide food assistance benefits for more than 42 million people in November, as the ...

With food assistance to 1.4 million Michiganders being cut, the Free Press asked the state's members of Congress to talk: Here's what they had to say.

Leslie Barringer worked her entire life until cancer forced her to retire early and put her in financial trouble. The 64-year-old Pottsville woman now relies on the two bags of food she receives once ...