The Food Bank of Northern Nevada faced heavy strain during the federal food benefits cutoff and the holiday influx. Now, food banks worry future changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Food stamps benefits were fully restored in Nevada on Thursday, a day after Congress voted to reopen the government following a 43-day shutdown, the state’s Division of Social Services said Friday.

SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, provides cash cards known as Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) to approximately 12% of Americans for a limited time to help purchase basic food items. Households ...

Payments through SNAP, the federal food assistance program, have been delayed during the government shutdown, but program cuts in this summer’s budget bill already put vulnerable families at long-term ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers for La Colaborativa hands out fresh food to people in line outside of public housing zone in Chelsea, Massachusetts on ...