food stamps

Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge.

Last Thanksgiving was characterized by long lines for food. This year, food banks say they’re still seeing high demand, along with new economic challenges.

Starting in October, food stamp recipients will get a larger monthly allowance.

Starting in October, food assistance benefits will increase by an average of 25% above pre-pandemic levels.

The $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, unveiled by President Biden in late April, includes $45 billion to expand certain nutrition programs.

The most recent stimulus package extends boosted food stamps through September for millions of American families.

Congress approved major food assistance initiatives in the latest Covid-19 relief package signed Thursday by President Biden, including extending SNAP benefits.

The most recent stimulus package will increase monthly food stamps for families by 15%. It also makes it easier to qualify for the benefit.

A federal judge on Sunday struck down a Trump administration rule that would have reduced food stamp benefits to nearly 700,000 people.

Amid one of the worst downturns in U.S. history, the number of Americans who are struggling to pay for food has soared. Around 20% of adults living with children said they couldn’t afford to adequately feed their families over the last seven days, and nearly 26 million adults said people in their households are not eating enough because of a...

Food stamps recipients in that nation’s second-largest county are getting a reprieve through a coronavirus relief package signed this month, but it’s only temporary. Nearly 60,000 people in Cook County, who are able-bodied, without dependents and under age 50, were at risk of losing their public benefits under fresh guidelines that took effect this year. Because of improved economic conditions…

From Hawaii to Pennsylvania, states are scrambling to curb the impact of a new Trump administration rule that could cause nearly 700,000 people to lose food stamp benefits

Illinois lawmakers are leading a fight to protect the food stamp program known as “SNAP,” as the Trump Administration proposes massive cuts. “President Trump wants to cut SNAP funding by $181 billion over the next decade,” said U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi. “He will strip three million families of benefits, including 100,000 families here in Illinois.” Rep. Krishnamoorthi revealed that as…

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi reveals this issue is personal to him as his childhood depended on food stamps.

Advocates say new guidelines that disqualify more people from green cards if they use government benefits is prompting droves of immigrants to drop government social services

Illinois is joining a multi-state lawsuit over proposed Trump administration rules on food stamps that could cause hundreds of thousands of Americans to lose their benefits

New York Attorney General Letitia James and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine are co-leading a lawsuit filed Thursday to stop the Trump Administration from eliminating food assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans, James’ office said.   The lawsuit, which was joined by 13 attorney generals — including those for New Jersey and Connecticut — as well as New York…

Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia are scrambling to address a Trump administration policy change that will keep nearly 700,000 of their poorest residents from accessing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly called food stamps. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced last month that in an effort “to restore the dignity of work,” the Trump administration would limit states...

The top headlines you need to know as you start your day on Dec. 5, 2019.

The Trump administration is tightening work requirements for the federal food stamp program in a move that will slash benefits for hundreds of thousands of people....

The final rule, announced Wednesday, will limit the ability of states to exempt work-eligible adults from having to obtain steady employment in order to receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps feed...