SNAP benefits became a national flashpoint during the government shutdown in 2025, as millions of Americans worried about what would happen if funding stalled. For households relying on monthly ...

SNAP recipients who work and earn more than $217.50 per week before taxes can still receive their benefits. Everyone else must submit documentation proving they volunteer or work 20 hours a week or ...

New SNAP rules are already in effect, quietly reshaping eligibility, work obligations, and exemptions for millions of ...

The Trump administration announced Friday that it is preparing to fully fund November SNAP benefits in accordance with a recent court order, even as its appeal of that order remains undecided. The ...

From the final quarter of 2024 to the first quarter of 2025, total reported SNAP benefit thefts climbed from 444,553 to 691,604, a 55 percent jump in a single quarter. Between the second quarter of ...

In early November 2025, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins claimed in a Fox News appearance that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — which helps about 1 in 8 Americans pay for ...

The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964. A grocery store employee stocks produce, which is covered by the USDA ...

States are warning struggling Americans who rely on food stamps to pay for groceries that they may miss out on benefits come November. "Starting October 16, SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Those are vast undercounts of the percentage of U.S. citizens receiving SNAP benefits. Almost 36 million of more than 40 million SNAP recipients were U.S.-born citizens, according to U.S. Agriculture ...

As the government reopens, efforts to return the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to full funding across the country will face its own challenges. SNAP benefits have been put through ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Castrucci is the president & CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation. Bilingual sign on door of frozen food aisle, We accept SNAP ...

Beginning January 1, as part of Indiana’s new “Smart SNAP” initiative, sugary drinks and candy will no longer be eligible to ...