When the federal government shut down at the beginning of October, there was enough funding reserved for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s biggest food aid program, to ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture planned on Nov. 1 to begin freezing food aid payments used by about 1 in 8 Americans for ...

Joyce Bailey, left, and Christina Thomas wait in line Friday at Good Deeds Community Center in Gulfport for a food giveaway.

Even if the funding comes through, experts say it's possible SNAP recipients won't receive any money over the next week.

Mutual aid refers to reciprocal support networks of neighbors who promptly meet each other’s most pressing needs when ...

Annemarie King is eating only once a day, and her husband, Randall, is picking up extra shifts at the drywall factory where ...

Federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will run out within days. According to state officials, of ...

State and local leaders in Colorado, as well as food bank operators, this week scrambled to help meet the already ...

FOOD STAMP BENEFITS. COME SATURDAY. AS MANY PEOPLE WAIT FOR THOSE BENEFITS TO HIT THEIR CARDS. THE COMMUNITY IS NOW STEPPING UP AND GETTING CREATIVE TO FIGHT FOOD INSECURITY. THAT’S RIGHT. FROM CANDY ...

Already strained by federal funding cuts earlier in the year and a surge in demand from furloughed federal workers, food ...

A list of everywhere in the Pittsburgh region where you can find free food amidst the SNAP/EBT funding crisis compiled by ...