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Texas food banks boost aid as SNAP hit by shutdown effects

As the federal government shutdown continues, food banks across East Texas are ramping up emergency response efforts to ...

Sen. John Cornyn backs bill to keep SNAP benefits flowing during shutdown as cutoff nears

Cornyn is one of 10 Senate Republicans co-sponsoring legislation offered by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to fund SNAP, more ...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn backs bill to keep SNAP benefits flowing during shutdown as cutoff nears

Texas, offered a pointed analogy Wednesday when asked about Democrats blaming President Donald Trump for the impending cutoff ...

Map: See the number of SNAP participants by county as benefit lapse looms

Over 40 million Americans could lose access to federal food assistance Saturday if the government shutdown continues into ...

Tarrant County nonprofits could struggle to fill void when SNAP benefits end

With SNAP benefits set to end, social services organizations will likely be asked to do more. But funding cuts have hampered ...

Shutdown threatens education and other services for low-income Texas toddlers

Some 134 Head Start programs nationwide have Nov. 1 grant cycles and won’t get their funding renewed at the end of the week.

How do SNAP benefits work? What to know about the government program

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides government assistance to bring food and other necessities to ...

As shutdown threatens SNAP, where to get free food in the Austin area

With the government shutdown threatening SNAP in November, Austin-area food banks, pantries and drive-thru sites are helping ...

SNAP payments stopping in days: These Texas counties are bracing for impact.

Texas is home to 254 counties—more than any other U.S. state—and has wide disparities in SNAP enrollment. According to a ...

SNAP cutoff could hurt Texas grocers and the rest of the economy, experts say

The ongoing shutdown means more than $600M per month won’t go to millions of Texas SNAP beneficiaries who pump that money ...

Houston Food Bank to host multiple food distribution events to support SNAP

The Houston Food Bank, along with other anti-hunger organizations, prepares for the surge in demand they expect will come ...

Federal government shutdown threatens SNAP food aid as several states scramble to help

A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry. The Trump administration says the federal government won’t fund ...