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There are several changes coming to SNAP benefits in 2026, including stricter bans on what foods can be purchased Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been ...

ATLANTA — Three Georgia lawmakers are calling for a state audit of how the Georgia Department of Human Services handles federal benefit programs, citing concerns ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The government-funded Home Energy Assistance Program (H.E.A.P.) has returned, just as the weather gets colder. Originally set to reopen at the start of November, the program was ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it’s working to reform what it calls the "out of control" SNAP benefits program. The agency plans to redirect more of its nutrition budget toward healthier, ...

After the lapse in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at the beginning of November and uncertainty about the future of the program that followed, all Ohioans should now have received ...

The State Health Benefits Program that insures nearly 150,000 county and municipal employees in New Jersey is broke and headed for collapse next year, unless members agree to pay thousands of dollars ...

Roughly 41.7 million people rely on assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. When the government shut down on Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture determined that ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins has said the department will "completely deconstruct" the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in an effort to remove fraud ...

The Social Security Administration is abandoning plans to promulgate rules that experts say would have resulted in thousands of people losing their disability benefits. White House deputy chief of ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Human Services said the U.S. Department of Agriculture is issuing full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November starting Monday.