The average SNAP recipient gets $6 a day. What's it like to live on that little?

The SNAP challenge involves living on $6 a day, which is roughly the average food benefit that SNAP recipients get. Most ...

SNAP Benefits Update: Millions To Be Removed From Program

The latest overhaul, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, revises work requirements and alters who is exempt from them.
GBH

As SNAP benefits stalled, a Massachusetts teen stepped up with a digital lifeline: MySnapMap

Sami Juma created an online tool to help families locate local food assistance. Even with the shutdown ending, he says the ...
NPR

How one tech startup is giving cash to SNAP recipients

When he was growing up in Kansas City, his parents sometimes struggled to put food on the table. Today, his Brooklyn tech company makes a free app for people on the federal government's anti-hunger ...

SNAP benefits fully disbursed in Colorado, but demand at food banks remains high

Colorado officials confirm November SNAP benefits have been fully paid out, but demand remains high at local food banks.
WVXU

Beshear optimistic some Kentuckians will have full SNAP benefits restored by mid-month

Now that the federal government shutdown is over, Kentucky is working to issue full SNAP benefits to the 600,000 residents ...

Around 90,000 in Marion, Polk counties will lose SNAP food assistance

Here's what local food banks, pantries, meal services and community members are doing around Salem to help people losing SNAP assistance in November.
WDSU

Louisiana will roll some SNAP benefits out in November

THIS ON AIR AND ONLINE. WELL, THERE IS SOME RELIEF TONIGHT FOR THOUSANDS OF LOUISIANA FAMILIES WHO DEPEND ON SNAP BENEFITS. GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY SAYS THAT THE STATE HAS FOUND A SHORT TERM SOLUTION TO ...