Payments through SNAP, the federal food assistance program, have been delayed during the government shutdown, but program cuts in this summer's budget bill already put vulnerable families at long-term ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Oakland, Calif., grocery store displays a sign notifying shoppers that it accepts electronic benefit transfer cards. A House ...

After going dark for more than 40 days, causing anti-hunger programs to run out of money, the federal government is back open, and food benefits are being reinstated nationwide for low-income families ...

States are poised to be on the hook for billions of dollars in food assistance benefits they didn't plan for CARY, N.C., Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- US states are scrambling to meet new federal ...

The Tennessee Department of Human Services is asking for $58 million to keep federal SNAP benefits flowing this year.