food stamps

Kevin McCarthy wants more people who receive food stamps to be subject to work reporting requirements. Advocates worry that shift, if passed, could mean people get shut out of the program.

For many families, eating healthy is expensive. A new program will double the benefits for the purchase of fruits and vegetables at farmer’s markets and grocery stores in Oklahoma.

A new report from the USDA shows SNAP benefits have a bigger impact on rural economies.

Food pantries have been a big help to many families during the pandemic. But after the Biden administration increased benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food pantries are anticipating less traffic.

The average SNAP benefit will increase by $36.24 per person, per month, starting in October.

As states like Kansas and Oklahoma let their emergency declarations run out, they effectively take a pass on extra federal help with food stamps.

Since the start of the pandemic, food insecurity has increased in many parts of the country.

President Biden is pushing Congress to pour another $1.9 trillion into the COVID-ravaged economy. In the meantime, his top economic adviser says, he plans to bump up food stamp benefits.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture rule "radically and abruptly alters decades of regulatory practice," a judge said, and would have added new burdens during a global pandemic.

The rule, which was to take effect April 1, would have tightened work requirements for some food stamp recipients. But a judge said flexibility in food aid is needed amid a pandemic.