ANCHORAGE – The Alaska Department of Health’s Division of Public Assistance (DPA) has received federal approval for a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) “hot foods waiver” in response to the severe storm that struck Western Alaska. Although the waiver was approved due to the disaster, all SNAP recipients statewide may use it. SNAP clients can […]
“This president will stop at nothing to take food out of the mouths of hungry kids across America. Soulless,” said Democratic Sen. Patty Murray. President Donald Trump’s Agriculture Department on Saturday threatened to penalize states that don’t “immediately undo” steps taken to pay out full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November following a Supreme Court order that temporarily allowed the […]
“Families have already suffered enough, going nearly a week without SNAP,” said one campaigner. “They don’t deserve all of this whiplash from Republicans over the food they need to survive.” A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to release full funding for 42 million Americans’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by Friday, but the US […]
The Trump administration “has once again gone out of its way to inflict further harm on low-income families,” said the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The average recipient of federal food aid will see a massive 61% benefit cut this month—and millions will lose November benefits entirely—under the Trump administration’s plan to only partially fund the Supplemental […]