About 23% of food stamp dollars go to purchase items like soda, candy, desserts and salty snacks. That contributes to higher ...

The state has relatively high food costs, and SNAP benefits are not adjusted for regional cost of living differences outside ...

High-tech criminals are preying on low-income families in Northeast Ohio and across the nation. A new report says EBT theft ...

These states are acting out of medical and fiscal necessity. Food stamps − the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) − are a major way Americans buy junk food, such as soda and candy.

By the 1980s, nutrition education grants were added to the program. In 1992, as diet concerns continued to grow, some states ...

God's Storehouse, a food bank on Memorial Drive in Danville, is grappling with a potential crisis as the USDA plans to cut ...

Members of the Puerto Rico Advisory Committee, thank you for today’s opportunity to testify on Puerto Rico’s inequitable ...

More than 2 million people in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana could lose some or all their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

The plans for reforming SNAP represent nanny-ism on steroids. The proposals will fatten the pockets of lobbyists and federal ...

A group of Ohio lawmakers is trying to stop food-stamp theft by skimming – a crime wave that’s leaving families hungry and ...