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Last year, nearly 700,000 Oklahomans used the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to help them buy groceries.
The governor plans to seek federal waivers to update SNAP. The proposed changes could restrict recipients from buying some processed food and allow some hot meals.
The “enhancements” would allow for prepared foods to be purchased by SNAP recipients and exclude processed foods and sodas.
Families on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or whose children receive free or reduced meals at school may be receiving an extra $285 this month per child.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is reportedly seeking federal waivers to make changes to the state's SNAP ...
Six more states received waivers this week from the Trump administration to ban soda and candy purchases from public food assistance programs.
Gov. Bill Lee announced plans to seek federal waivers to change the ability to purchase prepared foods, carbonated sweetened ...
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's office says they plan to join a growing number of states preventing SNAP benefits from ...
The bill signed into law on July 4 makes major cuts to the program that began in 1939 with the First Food Stamp Program. SNAP ...
Federal funding cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are leading to the end of an Illinois ...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, is the largest anti-hunger program in the country. But it will soon face some of the largest budget cuts in its ...
One of them is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. Elaine Waxman, senior fellow in the tax and income supports division at the Urban Institute, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.