Many states have taken steps to replace suspended federal SNAP benefits but Connecticut lawmakers say Gov. Lamont’s response is inadequate.

With the federal government shutdown freezing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November, Arizona and New Mexico scrambled to deploy emergency aid while Utah warned that it could ...

When natural disasters strike in the Lower 48, people affected are compensated for income lost from wage-earning jobs that have been interrupted, as well as lost assets with assigned financial value.

As federal funding to SNAP comes to a halt as a result of an ongoing government shutdown, Gov. Andy Beshear has declared a state of emergency allowing $5 million to go to funding local food banks.

New Jersey is set to declare a state of emergency starting at midnight on Nov. 1 in response to the Trump administration’s ...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers declared a State of Emergency Friday night, just hours before federal funding lapses for food assistance programs, impacting thousands of Wisconsinites.

Twin Cities food banks and restaurants geared up to help those facing a cut in food benefits, but a federal ruling may have put those cuts on hold.

A federal judge in Boston, Massachusetts gave the United States Department of Agriculture until Monday to come up with a plan to at least partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Nearly 930,000 low-income Washington residents set to lose their food stamps may need to rely on food banks due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

This shutdown threatens the health and well-being of our most vulnerable citizens and the tribe as a whole,” said Joseph L.

An impending food crisis for thousands in the capital city has prompted Mayor John Horhn to bring together agencies and ...

South Dakota's Democrats want Gov. Larry Rhoden to take a stand on the looming lapse in hunger-relief benefits in the state.