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SNAP payment dates for August: This you should know

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a crucial federal initiative that aids low-income families in ...
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Kansas DCF resists USDA request for release of personal information related to SNAP program participants

Kansas officials are pushing back against federal officials who are demanding the release of personal information for those ...

Kansas Officials Defy Trump Admin Over SNAP Benefit Order

The USDA, which oversees SNAP, first announced a plan to make states share benefit recipient data in a directive issued in ...
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Yes, about a quarter of every dollar spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers

Hong claimed that nearly 25 cents of every dollar spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers. Recent data from the USDA’s Economic Research Service backs that up, and experts confirmed its accuracy.

Democratic-led states sue over Trump administration’s effort to obtain personal information of SNAP recipients

Twenty states are suing the Trump administration, alleging that the Department of Agriculture is improperly attempting to ...

USDA charges 6 in $66M food stamps scheme — calling it ‘one of the largest’ such fraud cases in US history

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six people — including a fraud investigator with the U.S. Department of ...