food assistance

The rule gives officials the power to deny green cards to immigrants if they — or their U.S.-born children — have received certain kinds of public assistance.

The changes to the food assistance program could impact benefits for millions of recipients.

Only about 30% of people 65 and up who are eligible for food assistance through SNAP are getting it.

In more than a dozen states, less than 80% of SNAP applications are being processed on time. Before the pandemic, the numbers were much better.

While the White House is asking for more money for the Women, Infants, and Children program, a House bill would reduce WIC funds.

The Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or D-SNAP, helps people access food aid or replace groceries damaged by disasters like Hurricane Ian.

New work requirements may change things for those who receive food and housing assistance in the Pennsylvania city.

A survey of 34 universities and community colleges found that about 48 percent of students reported food insecurity in the previous 30 days, 22 percent with such low levels of food security that they qualified as hungry.