USDA must give states more time to implement new food aid restrictions, judge rules

A federal judge on Monday ordered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to extend a deadline for states to implement ...
Vermont Business Magazine

New USDA guidance restores 3SquaresVT eligibility for certain non-citizen households

Vermont Business Magazine The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released updated federal guidance on December 9 and 10, 2025, clarifying that specific non-citizen categories, including some Lawful ...
abc27

Wolf urges USDA to waive food assistance eligibility requirements

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Governor Tom Wolf sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking that USDA waive eligibility requirements for the Emergency Food Assistance ...
fox43

USDA releases income eligibility guidelines for free and reduced school meals

DAUPHIN COUNTRY, Pa.– The Pennsylvania Department of Education today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released federal income eligibility guidelines for free ...
The Hill

21 Democratic-led states sue USDA over SNAP cuts

Democratic officials in 21 states and Washington, D.C., sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday, alleging that it is “arbitrarily” excluding many lawful permanent residents from ...
Brattleboro Reformer

USDA income eligibility requirements changed

BENNINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Department has launched a pilot program that changes the income eligibility requirements for their single family housing programs in Vermont. In ...