WASHINGTON – Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – commonly known as food stamps – will lapse on Nov. 1, the first time in the program's 60-year history as the consequences of ...

Some of the 41.7 million Americans who rely on the paused Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could receive payments as soon as 24 hours after the longest government shutdown in history ...

Learn how Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) works, its uses in government assistance programs like SNAP, and how it aids ...

The U.S. government shutdown has entered its 34th day without a vote scheduled or a resolution in sight. President Trump holds the record for the longest government shutdown at 35 days. The Trump ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Two of New York’s top elected officials are calling on the federal government to maintain crucial food assistance programs amid the ongoing shutdown. On Thursday, Senators ...

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If you want to take advantage of all the benefit choices available to you and your family, you have much to think about during the current Open Season that ends at midnight (EST) on Monday, Dec. 8.

The United States government officially shut down at midnight on Oct. 1. The pause of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, a federal program that provides monthly benefits to low-income ...

Kentucky restores partial SNAP benefits for about 595,200 residents this week. New federal work requirement may cut SNAP access for roughly 114,000 Kentuckians. Kentucky faces higher SNAP costs, ...