The Alabama Department of Human Resources is pleased to announce Alabama EBT cardholders will be receiving new, chip-enabled EBT cards. After a successful pilot program in December 2025, chip-enabled ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has left almost 42 million people without SNAP benefits as courts decide if this should be allowed. States are finding ways to support their own ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits are scheduled to end Nov. 1 amid the ongoing federal government shutdown, impacting about 42 million people nationwide, including 360,000 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Starting next week, the Alabama Department of Human Resources is launching a new fraud prevention system to make sure that EBT benefits go to those who actually need them. As ...

Significant changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, took effect Jan. 1, reshaping what hundreds of thousands of Iowans can buy with food assistance benefits while reopening ...

All Alabama EBT cardholders will soon get a new card in the mail.

Cedar River Academy kitchen manager Teresa Murray bags up food during the Healthy Kids Iowa program event in Cedar Rapids on June 17, 2025. During the program each eligible child receives $40 worth of ...

Alabama EBT cardholders are getting new chip-enabled cards that require activation and default to blocking out-of-state and online purchases for added benefit protection.