Illinois SNAP recipients and pantries brace for halt of federal food stamp funding amid shutdown: ‘A crisis’

Nearly 2 million Illinois residents depend on SNAP to help pay for groceries. As the government shutdown continues, they’re scrambling to find other ways to feed their families.

Two Illinois moms among millions facing SNAP cutoff as pantries say: ‘We cannot meet this need’

Nearly 2 million people in Illinois may lose food assistance starting Saturday because of the government shutdown. The state ...

42M lose SNAP benefits despite efforts to fund the food program

Some 42 million recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will have to wait for them to be restored ...

No SNAP benefits for Kansas in November, state says

Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program benefits will not be sent out to Kansans next month due to the government ...

Food stamps, the bulwark against hunger for over 40 mn Americans

The ongoing budget deadlock in the United States is threatening food security of around 42 million Americans who receive food ...