Jon France, who runs the food bank at the Northeast Oregon Compassion Center in Baker City, said demand has increased based on reductions in SNAP benefits for some residents, something separate from ...

The USDA says the contingency funds aren't "legally available" to pay for food aid benefits expected to lapse in November for ...

Officials in Louisiana, Vermont, and Virginia pledged Thursday to keep food aid flowing to recipients in their states, even ...

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The battle over food stamps has emerged as the latest flash point in the fierce partisan clash over government spending.

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way.

The federal government typically covers the cost of the SNAP program but is not doing so while the U.S. government closed.

The Trump administration has declined to use contingency funds to extend SNAP benefits into November amid a government shutdown. Despite Democratic calls for using the funds, the Department of ...

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an emergency order Friday approving food assistance benefits through November for children, elderly ...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed emergency declaration to fund SNAP benefits for elderly, disabled and children during ...