The Healthy SNAP Act would exclude soft drinks, candy, ice cream and prepared desserts from being bought with SNAP benefits.

WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. Jon Husted is cosponsoring legislation that would block people from using Supplemental ...

Can the nation’s safety net survive without unraveling the very fabric of food security it was designed to protect? Last week ...

Some state lawmakers want to restrict what the 1.4 million Ohioans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

Six parishes in Louisiana were chosen to be part of a USDA-funded pilot project aimed at encouraging SNAP recipients to make ...

Feeding Texas, the state association of food banks, shared concerns and has been talking to elected officials in Washington ...

A new bill backed by Sen. Jon Husted would ban SNAP recipients from buying soda, candy and desserts, but public health ...

In the state of Florida, numerous low-income families find crucial support in food assistance to meet their daily needs.

Students have trouble accessing federal food benefits. Poor planning at the Ed Department and the Department of Agriculture ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides electronic benefits that can be used as cash to buy food. SNAP ...

Lawmakers clashed over the future of the nation's largest food aid program during U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committee ...

A new proposal from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could block Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...