Mayor Johnson signs executive order to boost food aid and support small businesses as SNAP benefits slowly come back
Now that the government is reopening, people who rely on SNAP benefits should be seeing them soon, but immediate need for food assistance remains high.
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins asking for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service to prohibit the purchase of "unhealthy foods" with SNAP benefits. In the letter, Abbott said that now, under the Trump…
DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado could soon join a small list of states in the nation that allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to get a hot prepared meal using their benefits. State lawmakers want Colorado SNAP beneficiaries to have access to food that is already made and does not…
(WJET/WFXP) – Are you a SNAP benefit recipient who recently lost groceries due to issues caused by severe weather? Then you might be entitled to replacement benefits. According to the PA Department of Human Services (DHS), SNAP benefit recipients are eligible to receive replacement benefits if they lost food due…