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For years, health advocates have tried to stop SNAP funds from being spent on soda. Will MAHA push the change through?
Indiana will not offer SUN Bucks food benefits this summer, a move advocates say will hurt working families and increase ...
Payments caused by fraud in Michigan’s food stamp program jumped by 387% from fiscal year 2023 to 2024, according to ...
SNAP provides food benefits to low-income families. A source says the House Agricultural Committee is considering a change to the program’s work requirements for able-bodied adults that would ...
Some Republicans in Lansing acknowledge the state can't absorb a major reduction in federally-funded programs.
The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program—also known as Summer EBT or SUN Bucks—provides $120 per eligible child to help low-income families afford groceries over the summer months when school ...
The DHS and OSIG announced on Tuesday the launch of ConnectEBT, which will help EBT users lock cards to prevent theft and ...
“People need to stop hurting other people when it comes to eating,” Lolita Aikens, who gets SNAP benefits, said. “I know we all have to eat, and it’s a hard time at this time about how the food prices ...
Those who are not auto-enrolled, but believe they qualify, can apply through their state's Summer EBT portal. Like regular SNAP benefits, the program is funded by the federal government.
Oklahoma Human Services is sounding the alarm on a surge in fraud targeting SNAP benefits, as criminals increasingly find ways to steal funds from EBT cards. Since late 2022, state officials have ...
Registration is now open for one of the season’s ongoing initiatives, the Fresh Food Access Bag Program, which is designed to ...