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Education

Kaleideum offering reduced admission prices for food assistance recipients

3:59pm July 10, 2023

Recipients of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina’s Link2Feed cardholders can visit the museum for $3.

Health & Safety

Study finds pandemic pressures put SNAP recipients at risk for eating disorders

11:19am June 12, 2023

by Paul Garber

Nearly half of the people on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — also known as SNAP — experienced food insecurity during the pandemic. That’s up from a quarter of recipients prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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A sign noting the acceptance of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards, which SNAP beneficiaries use to pay for food, is displayed at a grocery store in 2019 in Oakland, Calif. SNAP emergency allotments are ending after this month and have already ended in some parts of the country.

SNAP recipients will lose their pandemic boost and may face other reductions by March

5:04am February 02, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

Congress ended the temporary benefit meant to help low-income households with pandemic-era hardships. A huge increase in Social Security benefits may mean some households see further SNAP reductions.

Volunteers at the St. James Chapel Church food bank in Reading, Pa., hand out food and help the older and disabled.

For People Who Need Assistance, The Lingering Shutdown Could Mean A Food Crisis

7:28pm January 24, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Food assistance in the form of SNAP benefits came early this month owing to the shutdown. But in Pennsylvania, recipients are spending the benefits quickly, and there may be no new funds for February.

Shoppers who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may find it harder to use their benefits to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables at farmers markets like this one in Minneapolis, Minn., while the goverment changes contractors.

Technical Difficulties May Jeopardize Food Stamps At Farmers Markets

11:06am November 05, 2018

by Michelle Andrews

If a popular app used by many farmers markets to process federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits is no longer offered next spring, consumers' access to fresh produce may be stalled.