In more than a dozen states, less than 80% of SNAP applications are being processed on time. Before the pandemic, the numbers were much better.

The upper age limit for SNAP recipients (able bodied, without dependents) who have to prove they’re working or looking for work at least part time has just risen from age 49 to age 50. Eventually it’ll go up to age 54.

New work requirements on welfare were part of the debt ceiling deal. How might they affect benefit recipients?

Some Congressional Republicans want older Americans to prove that they work or are looking for work to get those benefits.

Here’s why it took a pandemic to make it happen, and why the practice is probably here to stay.

Advocates for everything from nutrition programs to tribal food sovereignty to climate and sustainability initiatives will be keeping an eye on the bill next year.

“I have to get less food,” one shopper said. “So I plan very carefully with my food stamps.”

The nonprofits faced higher demand through the pandemic. Now, with food costs rising, their resources are stretched even further.

The Biden administration is giving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits their largest permanent increase.

The number of summer meals served last July increased by 160%. And this summer, those benefits will be extended.