Anti-hunger advocates slam the expanded work requirements for SNAP participants in the Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal “It’s not doing anything to help them, to help the economy.

Food banks brace for end to pandemic-era SNAP benefits boost 06:16. A "hunger cliff" is looming for millions of Americans, with 32 states set to slash food-stamp benefits beginning on Wednesday.

Hunger advocacy groups are fighting back against a Republican proposal in Washington to cut $125 billion from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as "SNAP." Latest U.S.

While Republicans say the expanded work requirements would help people get jobs, anti-hunger advocates argue that requirements should be eliminated altogether, citing research that indicates they ...

Brandon Lipps, USDA’s acting deputy undersecretary of food, nutrition and consumer services, pleaded with people attending the annual National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference to consider the proposal.

Haley Kottler, campaign director at Kansas Appleseed, an anti-hunger advocacy organization, described the potential changes as “the most outlandish policy that I’ve seen on SNAP, maybe ever.” ...

Anti-hunger groups call on Biden to reverse some of Trump’s signature initiatives. With nearly 24 million American adults reporting they don’t have enough to eat, the president-elect is urged ...

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2017 - Agriculture producers and anti-hunger groups have common reasons to support federal food assistance programs from attacks – in addition to the belief that they help ...

Anti-hunger advocates said the bill could limit Iowa's SNAP recipients from buying items, such as bottled water, cooking oil, crackers and frozen or prepared meals. No one at the subcommittee ...

It’s also instrumental in anti-hunger advocacy and policy for the D.C. Council. Most recently, D.C. Hunger Solutions lobbied for the Give SNAP a Raise Amendment Act , which was passed by the D.C ...

A legal advocacy group obtained records that showed Suffolk County’s Department of Social Services was late processing ... SNAP, a federally funded anti-hunger program established by ...

This year, MAZON’s Justice Award for Advancing the Response to Hunger, recognized three individuals and one institution.