The USDA could also tap into contingency funds to keep SNAP operating, but it would cost about $8 billion to keep everyone’s benefits running in November. The size of the agency’s contingency fund is ...

The South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) has provided answers to some frequently asked questions about the government shutdown’s impact on SNAP ...

After legislators failed to agree on a budget and the government shut down Oct. 1, the first thing on many people's minds is the status of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. SNAP ...

Every new year involves reassessing your finances and reconfiguring how your monthly budget. It's also the time of year to re ...

The increase in SNAP benefits for a single person is $6 per month for fiscal year 2026, which began in October. That means that person now receives $298 per month on their EBT card, where SNAP ...

Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka SNAP, became effective Oct. 1. These adjustments, which most notably include larger monthly benefits, come under the United States ...

(NEXSTAR) – The federal government may be shut down, but that didn’t stop changes to SNAP benefits from kicking in on the first of the month, which is also the start of the fiscal year. Every October, ...

Tens of thousands of Minnesotans are bracing for Nov. 1 when they could stop receiving food aid benefits if the government ...

Gov. Bill Lee won’t dip into the state’s $2.1 billion Rainy Day Fund to back Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

In Hawaii, Alaska, the Virgin Islands and Guam, where food prices are typically higher, the maximum benefit amounts are different. In parts of rural Alaska, for example, a household of four people can ...