Here's what individuals and families need to know about SNAP eligibility, applying for SNAP, and what happens after submitting your SNAP application.

The SNAP Equal Treatment Rule prevents retailers from treating food stamp customers differently, but using it in this way appears to be unprecedented.

The federal government shutdown is threatening to suspend these SNAP benefits, after the US Department of Agriculture last week, in a message on its website, that payments would not be issued on Nov.

The megabill further shuttered the SNAP-Ed, a federally funded grant program that "helps people make their SNAP dollars stretch, teaches them how to cook healthy meals, and lead physically active lifestyles," according to the program's website. Funding for SNAP-Ed ended Oct. 1.

New SNAP rules outlined in the One Big Beautiful Bill have just gone into effect. Understand the guidelines to maintain your eligibility and stay informed.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries. US defense chief vows to ‘stoutly defend’ Indo-Pacific interests in talks with China With fragile Gaza ceasefire holding,

State officials say they have a contingency plan called the Hawaii Relief Program that would help at least a third of SNAP beneficiaries.