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The USDA said it would provide partial food stamp benefits for November, but it's unclear exactly when participants will get those funds.
While South Carolina has relied on private donations to fill in for food benefits, other states used their own general funds. Can SC do the same?
Here's how Oklahoma compares to other states in population with SNAP, and what counties will be most affected as the government shutdown continues.
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Kathy Hochul declares state of emergency for NY over SNAP food stamps freeze during shutdown
Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a “food emergency” across the state Thursday as the federal government says SNAP benefits will run dry this weekend amid the federal shutdown.
A trip through The Nation’s archives offers essential insights into why Republicans have long tried to weaken SNAP—and why they’re trying to kill it now.
The state is making another infusion of emergency food aid as 3 million New Yorkers face the looming expiration of nutrition assistance for the first time since the federal program began. The state is allocating $65 million to the state’s nutrition and farm-to-foodbank programs under a new emergency declaration,
Onita Norris is constantly running the numbers to figure out the answer tosolve a problem with no good answer: Figuring out much her two children, both under 5, will have to eat, and how much she will have to go without.
The shuttered federal government isn't funding food stamps as of Nov. 1. Families that get them aren't sure how they'll manage.