More states are implementing restrictions on food purchases by SNAP recipients and banning them from using their taxpayer-funded food assistance benefit to purchase junk food.

SNAP can be used in all 50 states and eligible territories to purchase most grocery items—but rules in some states are changing.

New SNAP restrictions in Nebraska are raising questions about whether it helps or hurts low income shoppers already ...

Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...

About 6 million people will lose SNAP food assistance if BBCE is eliminated — more than 4 million of them, including 1.8 ...

There are several changes coming to SNAP benefits in 2026, including stricter bans on what foods can be purchased The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps millions of low-income ...

If you receive SNAP benefits, Louisiana’s new restriction means you can no longer use your card to buy certain non-nutritious foods. Here's what to know.

One SNAP food benefits bill would see New Hampshire follow the mold of more than a dozen states who have submitted Healthy ...