The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries.

New Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rules are going into effect on Saturday, even as benefits will already not be issued through November without federal funding due to the ...

The action comes two days after states sued the federal agency that administers SNAP benefits. Funds were set to stop flowing ...

With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might ...

President Trump said that he would heed court rulings ordering his administration to fund food stamps during the government shutdown, but there are complications.

The Trump administration had said SNAP food assistance wouldn’t be distributed in November because of the government shutdown. But on Friday, a judge ordered that contingency funds be distributed.

Federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to deploy emergency funds, but food assistance money still faces delays.

Judges on Friday ordered the federal government to continue providing food assistance during the shutdown. But benefits will ...

The annual sign-up period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance also begins Saturday, and there are sharp increases in ...

More likely than not, someone in your community – whether friend, family or neighbor – uses SNAP benefits. As millions of people could lose access to food assistance programs during the government ...

More Americans are turning to food banks to help fill the assistance gap, but administrators caution they aren't designed to act as a safety net for a government program.