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Lennox worries that soon she may find it more challenging to afford the food she needs. The U.S. House and Senate have ...
The House’s "big, beautiful bill" requires states to pay for a portion of food benefit costs — changes that would oblige ...
“This would be the largest SNAP cuts in history by far, which would result in food being taken away from the hungry,” wrote Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center ...
"It's stigmatizing to say, 'You who are low income, we don't trust you to make the right choices," said Gina Plata-Nino, the SNAP deputy director at the Food Research & Action Center, an anti ...
In a move sparking debate across the nutrition policy landscape, several states are exploring restrictions on how Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits can be used. U.S. Health ...
As an example, if Pennsylvania had to cover at least 10% of SNAP benefits last year, it would have had to pay nearly $427 million for families to not lose their food benefits. That’s about 1.5 ...
A bill making its way through the Texas legislature would bar people from using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on junk food, including soda, energy drinks, candy ...
Local food banks are closely keeping an eye on the proposed federal spending bill. That's because it includes about $300 billion dollars in cuts to SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.