Sofi is an AI policy researcher at Virginia Tech. As the government shutdown ends, SNAP’s status remains complicated. Even if and when things return to “normal,” many people who are entitled to ...

Food assistance is often framed as a safety net for children and working families, but it is just as central to stability for older adults. For the roughly 11 million seniors who rely on food stamps ...

Millions of older Americans are turning to SNAP benefits to supplement their food budget. With fixed incomes and rising living costs, many seniors on Social Security qualify for this essential federal ...

The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, ...

Earlier this month, the federal government temporarily shut off funding for its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, leaving more than 42 million Americans uncertain about how they’ll ...

The city of Newburgh is trying to keep its residents, especially seniors, from going hungry, now their SNAP benefits might not be coming this month because of the federal government shutdown. News 12 ...

Nearly 70,000 Vermonters rely on SNAP for vital hunger assistance, so it’s essential this program accurately captures the financial reality of those who need it. Yet we’re seeing SNAP recipients lose ...

As the federal government reopens after the longest shutdown in our nation’s history, I feel compelled to express deep concern about the decision to release only half of the Supplemental Nutrition ...

This should not be a partisan issue. Hunger does not wait for compromise. Isolation does not pause for negotiations,” writes Raymon Cancino in a Guest Commentary. “Seniors ...