Stricter federal compliance rules and mounting backlogs have exposed a critical weakness in how states process SNAP benefits. Modernizing document workflows in these outdated, paper-heavy systems ...

SNAP helps millions of Americans afford food, but rising prices and restrictive rules make it difficult for many recipients to meet their needs. (Photo illustrations: Aïda Amer for Yahoo News, photos: ...

Around 42 million low-income Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees the program and says it is working on an ...

A federal judge in Massachusetts issued an order Friday stating that 25 states suing the Trump administration over failing to fund the nation’s low-income food program, known as the Supplemental ...

The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964. A grocery store employee stocks produce, which is covered by the USDA ...

The federally funded program is sometimes referred to as food stamps. The federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has been an increasingly searched topic of discussion as ...