Reuters The COLA increase applied to SNAP benefits is estimated to range from approximately 2.7% to 2.8% in 2026 compared to 2.5% in 2025. There is good news for all those who avail themselves of the ...

Bagels, hummus, carrots and peppers are all on the menu in Bonnie Stright's first-grade classroom at Andrew Hamilton School on Monday morning. "I can really see a difference in the children where they ...

Georgia residents who receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could begin seeing significant changes as soon as this fall, and local advocates warn SNAP ...

Governor Henry McMaster has issued Executive Order 2025-30, directing the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) to submit a waiver request to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ...

Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...

The SNAP-Ed program in Maryland, which offers nutrition education to low-income families and SNAP participants, is set to be defunded by Oct. 1. The move comes due to new provisions in the Big ...

SNAP-Ed teaches skills like cooking healthy meals and stretching food dollars to program recipients. These services will likely go away when funding stops Oct. 1. Credit: Erin Blewett for Billy Penn ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - A Republican leader in the Kansas Statehouse has called on federal agencies to force the Kansas SNAP program into compliance with the USDA’s requests. Kansas Senate President Ty ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The new federal spending bill is bringing big changes to food assistance programs like SNAP. Fresh produce may be harder for families to keep in their fridge with more than $186 ...

Congress cut funding for SNAP-Ed, a nutrition education program that teaches low-income people how to eat healthier. UW-Madison Extension provides much of the programming. It has sent layoff notices ...

The program partners with schools and communities to teach people of all ages about proper nutrition, physical activity and how to effectively use money from federal welfare programs such as SNAP, the ...

The lead agency overseeing SNAP-Education in Western New York has announced the program is coming to an end on Sept. 30. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County announced Wednesday that the ...