As the government shutdown stretches on, federal food assistance programs will be halted for the first time since the benefit began more than six decades ago. More than 3.5 million Texans, including 1 ...

The government shutdown is now the longest in US history, surpassing a record set during President Trump’s first term. The passing of the ignominious milestone Wednesday morning comes as bipartisan ...

Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Led by Jimmy Chen, who grew up living with food insecurity in Kansas City, ...

Amidst the government shutdown, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits have been suspended.

With some planning, a single store-bought rotisserie chicken can be stretched to make three meals. Beans and rice can feed a family for a week, without requiring money for meat. And a microwave or a ...

Many Kansas City families are worried about their next meal. The government shutdown has left thousands of federal workers in ...

None of this is normal. Food-stamp benefits have never been cut like this in the current program’s more-than-60-year history.

Thousands of Hoosiers might face the difficult choice of having either groceries or heat this year. These energy programs can help.

One-in-four children in Cook County are at risk of hunger, and one-in-five homes in Chicago experience food insecurity. 15.2% of Illinois residents rely on SNAP benefits for basic nutrition, and 45% ...

As a kid, I relied on food stamps and witnessed my family's lack of opportunity and access. That discovery forever shaped who ...

Charnita Horton partnered with a dozen food trucks to give out free food to those affected by government shutdown. The line ...

In the scramble of uncertainty over the federal food aid program known as SNAP, more than 1,500 people flocked to a center in Paterson to get food.