Starting October 1, 2025, SNAP beneficiaries in the U.S. experienced a slight increase in their monthly food stamp amounts. These adjustments are in response to inflation and food costs, under the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) mechanism.

WSJ’s Farah Otero-Amad reports from the Food Bank for NYC’s Community Kitchen, which expects to see an increase in patrons as SNAP benefits face potential interruptions.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP, or food stamps — is a key benefits program that serves more than 40 million people across the country. Now, the shutdown is threatening to suspend benefits, raising concerns over where millions of people who rely on the program will turn to for food.

One in eight Americans use SNAP but its halt will disproportionately hurt Black Americans like Hilaire. Black people are 13.7% of the population but 25.7% of SNAP recipients. Other racial groups get SNAP at rates lower than their overall share of the population.

Local food banks in Arizona are preparing for a significant increase in demand if SNAP benefits lapse on Nov. 1. Food banks say cash donations are most effective, as they can stretch each dollar further to provide more meals. With funding for the ...

Three million Floridians receive SNAP benefits, commonly known as food stamps, but the benefits suspend Nov. 1 as the federal government shutdown continues, barring any specific action by Congress to reinstate the benefits. Data shows Lee County has more than 73,000 people on SNAP and Collier has nearly 22,000 on SNAP.

As the government shutdown reaches its one-month mark, the nation is preparing for the end of SNAP benefits that assist low-income citizens. In Texas, 3.5 million residents rely on food assistance, costing approximately $617 million per month.

Government food assistance benefits, known as SNAP, will stop on Nov. 1, due to federal shutdown. Here's how to find food.

Republican leaders, including USDA officials, have blamed Democrats for the shutdown. On Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers from 25 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit to force President Donald Trump’s administration to use $5 billion in SNAP contingency funds, according to the Associated Press.

Police in one Southern California town plan to increase patrols near grocery stores and other shopping areas as locals become desperate for food amid the impending suspension of SNAP benefits. The Barstow Police Department posted notice Tuesday night that its officers understand how the ongoing government shutdown and the temporary freeze of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — also