SNAP

Emergency allotments that took effect in 2020 for those receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will end next month. Many expect the decrease will be especially challenging for low-income families.

The Supplemental Nutrition Education Program (SNAP-Ed) is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and helps SNAP recipients learn how to eat healthy food on a budget. Its employees complain of wages so low that they themselves qualify for SNAP.

Southern Illinois residents using food assistance will be able to get more for their money at area farmer’s markets.Foodworks is continuing the program,…

The Illinois House has approved legislation that would allow people to use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP benefits, online.

Likely more than 100,000 Illinoisans will lose food stamps under a rule change finalized by President Donald’s Trump administration this week.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation that will allow some Supplement Nutrion Assistance Program (SNAP) - formerly known as food stamps - recipients to...

A change to eligibility for federal food assistance could affect hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans.Able bodied people ages 18 to 49 without dependents,…

The expiration of the Farm Bill is putting the brakes on conservation programs important for many Illinois farmers and ranchers.While the legislation…

It’s a challenge for people with severe mental illnesses to hold down a job or get the medical help they need. And that extends to when they try to...

There’s a Republican-authored proposal in the next farm bill that would require millions more people to work or volunteer in order to receive federal...