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Rural Areas Likely to Feel Heavier Impact from SNAP Pause

While the state has quickly approved $2 million in emergency funding to enhance the work of the New Hampshire Food Bank, a Roman Catholic Charity, and its food pantry affiliates, most advocates call ...

Will my food stamps renew? Across the country, a chorus of desperation and anger

The Trump administration had said SNAP food assistance wouldn’t be distributed in November because of the government shutdown. But on Friday, a judge ordered that contingency funds be distributed.

SNAP funding is set to lapse Nov. 1, leaving recipients empty-handed. Here's what experts say.

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

SNAP benefits run dry as government shutdown continues, here's how states are stepping in

On Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the SNAP program as the government shutdown continues.

With the outlook for SNAP benefits uncertain, food banks are warning of a crisis

More Americans are turning to food banks to help fill the assistance gap, but administrators caution they aren't designed to act as a safety net for a government program.
Union LeaderOpinion

Donna Soucy: Ayotte's SNAP judgment says a lot

AS I WRITE this column, we are one month into the Republican shutdown, and Granite Staters are seeing SNAP benefits lapse and ...

SNAP has provided grocery help for 60-plus years. Here’s how it works.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the US social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries.

NH Dems criticize Ayotte for not joining suit over SNAP benefits

Leading Democrats criticized Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Attorney General John Formella for their refusal to join 25 states that have sued the Trump administration over its refusal to allow ...

Resources for New Hampshire residents amid government shutdown

Some states, like New Hampshire, have developed contingency plans if lawmakers fail to come to an agreement that opens the ...

Will SNAP benefits be paid in November? Here’s what we know about the judges’ rulings

Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to provide at least partial food stamp benefits to tens of millions of Americans in November, as the federal government ...

Some states scramble to maintain food access ahead of potential SNAP lapse

States are resorting to last-ditch efforts to preserve access to groceries for their residents as the federal government was ready up until its Oct. 31 deadline to stop sending out food benefits ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Federal judges order administration to pay SNAP benefits but what's next remains unclear

Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funding to provide SNAP benefits. But it's unclear how much, or when, those funds would be provided before the funding runs dry.