New York adds $11M to hunger programs amid SNAP cuts, government shutdown

EDITORIAL: New SNAP policies could solve a monster problem

Programs like SNAP are supposed to help people, not create yet another unhealthy addiction which deepens the cycle of poverty and dependence.

New York adds $11M to hunger programs amid SNAP cuts, government shutdown

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — On Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced over $11 million in state funding for emergency food relief programs for hungry New Yorkers. Also on Friday, she published a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, urging the USDA to immediately release funds to food aid recipients for November and prevent a public health crisis. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your…

Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’

Two decades ago, Sara Carlson, then a mother of three, was newly single because of a traumatic event, and the US’s food stamp program, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap), helped her feed her children with free food supplies. “I wouldn’t have been able to afford to…