Great Reads for Good Food

After more than a month of uncertainty caused by a long government shutdown, many families who depend on food assistance finally have some good news. The government has reopened, which brings relief...

Six more states—Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee—have recently received approval to ban the purchase of junk food using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progra...

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has reached out to the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with a suggestion to change what foods can be bought with SNAP benefits, which ma...

Bottom Line: SNAP is an acronym that stands for the "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program," which was formerly known as the food stamp program. It is funded by the federal government, through Congressional spending bills, but i...

This June, lots of families in America with kids who go to school will get some extra help to buy food. This help is because of a program called Summer EBT, or SUN Bucks, which gives $120 for each child that qua...

In recent years, many states in the U.S. have seen more cases of food benefit theft. This problem happens partly because many EBT cards, which are used for programs like SNAP (food stamps), only ha...

Whether you forgot to claim that refund or forgot about an old account with funds still in it, you may have some unclaimed cash waiting for you. If you or someone you love thinks they may have some unclaimed money, opt...

If you recently applied for SNAP benefits, TANF, or requested a replacement EBT card, you might be wondering when your new card will arrive. EBT cards are used to access food and cash benefits, so getting your card as soon as ...

In Oklahoma City, over 2,600 families have faced the upsetting experience of having their food stamps stolen this past year. Luckily, there's a silver lining.  Thanks to fede...