Before you apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, take a look at 16 important rules about signing up for ...

Enrique Fuentes counted on the $250 he received monthly in federal nutrition assistance to cover the cost of groceries. That ...

The South Dakota House of Representatives has approved a proposal that would block the use of SNAP to buy sugary soft drinks.

Benefits under SNAP — the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — are modest, about $6.20 per person, per day. But they fill a critical need for people living near or below the official ...

It's part of a growing movement to ban the purchase of sugary drinks and candy with federal food benefits.

As new federal work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program take effect this month, Illinois lawmakers are considering a state-run program that would ...

Thousands of Nevadans who cannot prove they are working at least 20 hours a week could lose their monthly food assistance by the end of the month under new federal rules. In Nevada, about 44,700 ...

Some SNAP recipients in Louisiana question a recent change in the publicly funded benefit.