The ongoing federal shutdown is raising concerns about the future of public assistance benefits, particularly for programs ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will be issued throughout November—but when you get paid depends on ...

On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 593 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, a Democrat from Oakland, that forbids state and local departments from sharing sensitive personal data to increase ...

Stricter food stocking rules could force some corner stores out of the CalFresh program, limiting access in working class ...

A surprise move by the Trump administration could result in hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers losing their food assistance benefits as soon as November — disrupting one of the country’s oldest ...

Democratic-led states secured a legal victory to keep the personal data of food recipients out of the federal government's reach. But NPR's reporting shows that millions of records on Americans have ...

Are Native Hawaiians exempt from the new SNAP work requirements for able-bodied adults ? We’re asking because the federal government mentions new exceptions “for Indians, also referred to as Native ...

Although Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits were made available for October despite an ongoing federal ...

The new rules, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, will narrow the eligibility for exemptions for able-bodied adults ...

More than 173,000 people have Medi-Cal and over 51,000 receive CalFresh food benefits in Monterey County. What to know about ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe says the alteration prioritizes healthy foods and nutritional value. It would restrict the use of SNAP benefits to purchase candy, prepared desserts, soda and other drinks. The state ...

Sweeping changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are on the way, with some states reporting new work requirements beginning soon. Around 42 million people nationwide receive ...