SNAP

Here's What The Historic Increase In Food Stamp Benefits Could Mean For You

4:29pm August 17, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The average SNAP benefit will increase by $36.24 per person, per month, starting in October.

President Trump delivers remarks last week on the Farmers to Families Food Box program at Flavor 1st Growers and Packers in Mills River, N.C.

How Trump's Food Box Initiative Overpaid And Underdelivered

2:24pm September 03, 2020

by Dan Charles

The Trump administration has been buying food from farmers and getting it to food banks. Food banks, however, say the program was not set up to deliver food efficiently.

A sign alerting customers about SNAP food stamps benefits is displayed at a Brooklyn grocery store in December 2019.

National

Coronavirus Pandemic Complicates Getting Groceries With SNAP

5:00am April 30, 2020

by Naomi Gingold

Most SNAP benefit recipients need to shop in person— a problem for those at high risk for COVID-19

Health & Safety

Changes To SNAP Benefits Will Not Affect North Carolinians

3:26pm December 30, 2019

by Bethany Chafin

The U.S.

The new Trump administration rule makes it harder for states to waive the requirement that adults work at least 20 hours a week in order to receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — benefits. Some low-income college students

New SNAP Rule Impacts College Students By Limiting Benefits And Adding Confusion

4:12pm December 21, 2019

by Rachel Treisman

College students often struggle to make ends meet, and food insecurity is more common on campus than you might think. Now it could be even more challenging for some to get food stamps.

A new study suggests that one service already in place in many food deserts could help make it easier to access fresh, healthy food: online grocery delivery. The finding lends support to expanding a pilot program that lets people use food stamp benefits t

How Online Grocery Delivery Could Help Alleviate Food Deserts

9:33am December 19, 2019

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

Delivery service could make it easier to access fresh, healthy food in these areas, a study finds. It lends support to a pilot program that lets people pay for these groceries with food stamps.

Politics & Government

Fact Check: Who Would Be Impacted By Cuts To Food Stamp Program?

11:47am December 10, 2019

by Neal Charnoff and WRAL

U.S. Representative Alma Adams is trying to draw attention to a Trump administration proposal that would cut the number of people who receive public funding for food.

Queue Listen Now

Justin Ruben of ParentsTogether speaks on Thursday at a press conference organized to deliver 1.5 million petitions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The petitions are protesting proposed changes to the food stamps program that would also affect the

Activists Protest USDA Changes That Threaten Free School Lunch

6:12pm November 14, 2019

by Maria Godoy

Activists delivered a petition with 1.5 million signatures to the agency in an effort to stop a rule change that would end automatic enrollment in free school lunch for nearly 1 million kids.

Three million people would lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits under a proposed rule change by the Trump administration.

National

Comment Period Ends For Proposal That Would Cut SNAP Benefits For Millions

5:00am November 01, 2019

by Pam Fessler

The Trump administration says it wants to close a "loophole" that allows states to give benefits to those who would not otherwise be eligible by raising or eliminating income and asset limits.

Walmart and Amazon began offering online purchases with food stamps in April as part of the USDA's pilot program. Now, both companies are expanding services for low-income shoppers.

Economy

Using Food Stamps For Online Grocery Shopping Is Getting Easier

5:03pm June 26, 2019

by Amy Scott

Walmart is expanding a program for food stamp recipients to buy groceries online and pick them up in stores. It's the latest move to give them more options in the era of online shopping.