Benefits under SNAP — the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — are modest, about $6.20 per person, per day. But they fill a critical need for people living near or below the official ...

In 2025, SNAP spending was over $100 billion, while SNAP-Ed operated on a $536 million budget, educating over 1.2 million people on how best to spend their SNAP dollars and improve their health.

Rep. Mark Messmer (R-Indiana) introduced the SNAP Online Access Act on Tuesday to make permanent a pilot program that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the largest disruptions during the federal government shutdown was the disruption of food aid benefits for tens of millions ...

Nearly 42 million individuals across the United States are covered by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), according to May 2025 data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with a ...

FIRST ON FOX: U.S. taxpayers are footing nearly $250 million a year in SNAP benefits spent on fast-food meals across just nine states, most of which are blue states, according to Republican Iowa Sen.

Thousands of Nevadans who cannot prove they are working at least 20 hours a week could lose their monthly food assistance by the end of the month under new federal rules. In Nevada, about 44,700 ...

While politicians debate about sugary drinks and snacks, Arizona's SNAP program needs to rebuild public trust in how it helps ...