Efforts to keep junk foods from being paid for by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are increasing at the ...

SNAP is the country’s most effective anti-hunger program — reaching 1 in 8 people and 1 in 5 children — who without it could ...

Currently, SNAP contains a provision that limits purchases to food that needs to be prepared at home before it is consumed or specifically cold prepared foods. The Hot Foods Act would remove this ...

A bill limiting what you can purchase with food stamps is advancing. What does that mean for the program's future? Here's ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the Arizona state Capitol on Tuesday to endorse a bill that would prohibit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from being used to buy sodas.

Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, of Ames, said the proposed SNAP restrictions will further limit low-income families’ ability to purchase food that fits their individual needs and diets. “It is ...

Despite those restrictions on ... Today, the value of SNAP benefits that participants in the program can get are calculated based on the “thrifty food plan,” a blueprint for a low-cost ...

Nebraska asks to omit pop, energy drinks from SNAP benefits, a move state leaders say will make Nebraska healthier.

Proponents say taxpayer money shouldn't subsidize junk food. Critics say it could exacerbate hunger in places without easy ...

SNAP recipients currently can buy nearly any food in a grocery ... Gunderson suspects restrictions would increase food insecurity and demean vulnerable households. “I think it's fundamentally ...