The ramifications of the new federal work rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which went into effect on March 1, will start to be officially felt by New Yorkers as early as June 1. The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill in July 2025 added new restrictions to SNAP, which provides food benefits to low-income families, in an attempt tohellip;
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The transition from childhood to adulthood can be one of the most difficult phases in a person’s life, marked as it is by a series of existential challenges: This is the critical period when we obtain education and find employment, all while seeking stability and identity. For very low-income adults between the ages of 18 and 24, a new law approved last summer by the Republican-led Congress could…
Advocates say the federal government’s new work requirements and immigration crackdown has limited food stamp participation. The state says the recent decline is part of normal fluctuations in enrollment.
By Taylor Sisk Published: April 23, 2026
DELBARTON, W.Va. — A half-dozen cars had been in the queue for nearly four hours by the time the House of Hope mobile food pantry line began to move. Seventy or so more idled behind them by 11:30 a.m., when the food distribution began.
The plan was to begin handing out boxes of groceries at 11, but the Facing Hunger Foodbank truck delivering the food…
USDA saw a high rate of attrition when it asked fewer employees to move under the first Trump administration.
As states enact stricter work requirements for the federal food stamp program, a new analysis suggests those requirements won’t enhance employment and will push more people off of food assistance. The researchers conducted a review of studies on work requirements and concluded that “the best evidence shows they do not increase employment. Moreover, this research […]
At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal government to states, according to a study the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published Wednesday. Some 6% […]
The federal government is penalizing states for having a high error rate in their payments to food stamp recipients.
A year after federal employees were hit by the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts through DOGE, it remains unclear what the agency saved.
Starting April 1, Texans will no longer be allowed to use food stamps to buy sweetened beverages and candy.
As the lawmakers sit in the House chamber listening to Trump's agenda for the year ahead, the moment is an existential one for the Congress.
Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s New York City, 16 people experiencing homelessness froze to death in a single brutal winter weekend—found across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the subway system. These... Read More
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The first wave of Marylanders who cannot prove they are working at least 20 hours a week could start losing their monthly food assistance by the end of this month under new federal rules.
After failing in recent years to convince the Oregon Legislature to extend food benefits to tens of thousands of immigrants, an anti-hunger coalition is narrowing its scope this year to addressing cuts to federal food aid that were approved by Congress.
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Just as the beginning of a new year is a time for families to figure out their finances, the same is true for state legislatures. In the coming months, the majority of states will be penning their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. As they tally costs, legislators will need to account for looming changes to a key federal nutrition program that push more of the financial burden onto their…