Iowa is joining other states in the nation in changing what can be bought using SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

SNAP benefits became a national flashpoint during the government shutdown in 2025, as millions of Americans worried about what would happen if funding stalled. For households relying on monthly ...

Benefit amounts are rising nationwide, but new purchasing limits at the state level are reshaping how households will use ...

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 ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said she plans to have everyone reapply for their SNAP benefits now that the government has reopened. It’s unclear what that means for the 42 million low-income ...

With the House expected to vote to reopen the federal government imminently, full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits could start flowing to ...

So far, SNAP recipients in 19 states have gotten their full November benefits, and recipients in 16 others have received partial benefits. (Allison Dinner/AP) The Department of Agriculture instructed ...

Under U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s “Make America Healthy Again” ( MAHA) initiative, ...

There are several changes coming to SNAP benefits in 2026, including stricter bans on what foods can be purchased Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been ...