Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday pushed her Hot Foods Act for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients ...

When screening SNAP clients who are homeless, for instance, her staff asks if they have access to transportation or laundry ...

State bureaucrats removed the verification procedures that would catch criminals — and in state after state, criminals ...

SNAP-Ed, a federal nutrition education program, is slated to end as its funding will run out at the end of the federal fiscal ...

Residents in New York state can now apply for cooling assistance under the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) as warmer ...

Currently under federal law, convicted drug offenders are banned from receiving SNAP benefits. A proposed Missouri House bill would opt out of the federal ban. Drug offenders in Missouri could soon be ...

In late October 2025 during the government shutdown, I stood with Gov. Kathy Hochul at a press conference to explain how losing my food assistance benefits would hurt me and other people who rely on ...

House Bill 2751 would completely remove the ban, allowing all Missourians previously convicted of a federal or state drug offense to apply for SNAP benefits after incarceration. People with prior drug ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Those on the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program whose food spoiled over the weekend because of prolonged power outages can apply for replacement benefits. The Ohio ...