With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might resume.

In the first quarter of 2024, nearly 177,000 fraud incidents were reported. The CDC noted that 2024-2025 data found that SNAP recipients continue to face disproportionately high rates of obesity and diabetes,

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 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP, or food stamps — is a key benefits program that serves more than 40 million people across the country. Now, the shutdown is threatening to suspend benefits, raising concerns over where millions of people who rely on the program will turn to for food.

Democrats are working to balance their health care demands and find solutions for SNAP, with Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján on Wednesday introducing legislation that would direct the USDA to release available contingency funds to ensure benefits under SNAP and the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program continue during the shutdown.

DoorDash is providing free grocery delivery for SNAP recipients and is waiving fees for its food bank and pantry partners in November.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps millions– from parents, to seniors, to those living with disabilities. Benefits are days away from disappearing for families, but how does it all work?

People across the metro Atlanta area are getting creative to help families facing hunger as SNAP is expected to run out tomorrow.