Leaders, Advocates Disagree on Potential Impact of Changes to SNAP

As Alabama faces $35 million SNAP budget gap, lawmakers consider cuts

Almost 90 percent of SNAP beneficiaries live in a household with a child, an elderly individual, or a disabled person.

Cortez Masto, Three Square food bank, warn about worsening food insecurity in Nevada

“These changes to SNAP could make thousands of Nevada kids ineligible for free school lunches that they rely on during the school year,” warned Nevada Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis/Nevada Current)An estimated 131,000 Nevadans could lose food and nutrition benefits under the recently-passed “One Big Beautiful Bill,” leaving struggling food banks to cover the growing need.  President Trump’s tax and spending b…

As SNAP-Ed program winds down, educators hope work will continue

A quiet community garden in north Minneapolis allows neighborhood residents — and staff and patients at the nearby M Physicians Broadway Clinic — to pause, take in nature, and take home fresh herbs and vegetables.  Kanko Akakpovi and Sharmyn Phipps helped transform a vacant lot into the Butterfly Grove Garden in a project funded by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through the University of Minnesota Extension.  Phipps said th…

Leaders, advocates disagree on potential impact of changes to SNAP

Advocates warn stricter work rules and food restrictions will hurt families, while Rep. Burchett and GOP leaders say reforms encourage health and responsibility.

Trump’s SNAP cuts may increase food insecurity in North Carolina

Across the state, 1.4 million North Carolinians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federally funded food assistance program. A majority of individuals who rely on the program are children, elderly, and people with disabilities.  Currently, the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina serves over 600,000 North Carolinians in 30 counties around the state. Amid federal changes to SNAP, the food bank has warned th…

Will SNAP Junk Food Restrictions Help Make America Healthy Again?

Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. SNAP junk food restrictions are spreading across the United States, with 12 states now blocking purchases of soda, candy, and other foods deemed unhealthy. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, supported around 41 million…