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.

The fate of SNAP has become a flashpoint in the shutdown, as nearly 42 million Americans face possible interruptions.

Across central Ohio and elsewhere in the state, businesses and individuals have begun announcing help for those affected if SNAP funds stop.

A California police chief is addressing his department's messaging around policing grocery stores in the wake of SNAP benefits potentially being halted on Nov. 1. In an Oct. 28 Fa

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna has called on Speaker Mike Johnson to reopen the House of Representatives to vote on a bill aimed at funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as millions of Americans face potential interruptions in benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown.

When KC Neufeld announced on her Denver neighborhood’s Facebook page that her family would be handing out ramen and packs of macaroni and cheese in addition to candy this Halloween, she wasn't expecting much of a response.

Two million people in Illinois rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. With the governor signing an executive order, $20 million in state funds will be directed to help food banks.

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The Greater Boston Food Bank is shipping out 75 additional pallets of food a day to pantries across eastern Mass. More than a million Massachusetts residents and 42 million people nationwide use SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families. And the ripple effects could be staggering.