In 2024, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated the program would reach 21 million children, distributing about $2.5 billion in benefits across 35 states, five U.S ...

SNAP benefits vary ... average benefit paid each month across the U.S. is $212 per person in an eligible household but beneficiaries in some states ... which are not part of the contiguous United ...

According to AACF, which draws from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, as many as 177,000 Arkansans could lose Medicaid coverage and nearly 60,000 may lose access to food assistance if the ...

Over 40 million Americans rely on SNAP. House Republicans proposed at least $230 billion in cuts to federal nutrition programs over the next decade.

Three states received the latest USDA waivers allowing them to prohibit participants in the government's food assistance SNAP program from buying junk food.

Child food insecurity is a pervasive issue affecting every county in the United States, with rates nearing 50% in some areas, according to Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap study.. The ...

The United States Department of Agriculture reports that in 2023, SNAP served an average of 42.1 million individuals per month, spending $112.8 billion per month, with an average of $ 211.93 per ...