Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food assistance program is expected to run out after Nov. 1 if the government remains shut. The bill Schmidt will cosponsor, H.R. 5822, would continue SNAP funding for Kansans in need.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as well as another assistance program for women, infants and children, are at risk of running out of federal dollars in days.

Governor Glenn Youngkin is creating a state-based system to fill the gap for people who are in need of food assistance.

In the most recent DOD survey of active-duty military spouses, about 7% said they were using WIC benefits and 1% said they were using SNAP.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday announced that Virginia Emergency Nutrition Assistance (VENA) will deliver benefits to people who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). If the shutdown hasn’t ended by Nov. 1, VENA will begin weekly distributions on Monday.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson will hold a press conference about food assistance days ahead of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s Nov. 1 hiatus.

Federal officials announced within the past few days that benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will not be available Nov. 1, affecting 42 million Americans.

A program that matches purchases of fruits and vegetables using food assistance benefits, up to $20 a day, has lifted that cap amid the looming pause of a federal program. The Fair Food Network's Double Up Food Bucks program helps families in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) buy more fresh produce at more than 230 participating grocery stores and farmers markets across Michigan.