Some states are taking action to protect food assistance as the federal government plans to suspend SNAP payments starting ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said the state will fund November food aid for children, the elderly or disabled who receive food ...

But assuming the federal government remains shuttered beyond Nov. 1, Florida's almost 3 million SNAP users - including more ...

Louisiana’s state government will pay to ensure most federal food stamp recipients continue to receive money for groceries if ...

The Trump administration has confirmed it would not use roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits flowing into ...

Under the budget law that Republicans call the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, food assistance for refugees will be sliced. The ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits were set to dry up Saturday amid the second-longest government shutdown on record. Several nonprofits and social services across La Plata County ...

A federal government shutdown will cause at least 800,000 Louisianans to face food insecurity. Louisiana residents who ...

A fifth of Louisiana's children live in poverty, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That could jump to a third.

Volunteers expect dozens of people to show up this Saturday to get food products as federal food assistance lapses.