Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he hopes to expand state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program waivers to ...

House Republicans’ budget reconciliation legislation would take away health coverage and food assistance from many millions ...

The Michigan Retailers Association, an industry group, is also concerned with SNAP cuts and wants Congress to pursue "prudent ...

Various states currently have SNAP waivers in place for a variety of reasons, and they were widely implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to enhance access to food benefits. Currently ...

The plan would narrow eligibility for waivers for SNAP’s employment condition to periods of high unemployment. Currently, people living in an area with an insufficient number of jobs can apply ...

Jim Pillen. She has also signed a waiver for Indiana and Iowa, "with half-a-dozen more coming down the line," she said. "We are on track to sign multiples of snap waivers to get junk food and ...

Nebraska’s waiver will effectively prohibit the purchases of soda and energy drinks with SNAP benefits. Iowa’s will ban nearly all “taxable” food items, as defined by Iowa law. And in ...

Numerous U.S. states are either considering SNAP bans on soda and other items or have already submitted waiver requests to the United States Department of Agriculture. The following states are ...

Amy Jo Hutchinson, a campaign director for MomsRising and a former SNAP recipient, is in agreement as she said the waiver both complicates the process and puts more stigma on the poor. She said if ...

Morrisey also signed a letter of intent to seek a waiver that would prohibit SNAP recipients from buying soft drinks, and allow the state to impose new work, training and educational requirements ...

Governors in four states are asking the federal government for waivers allowing them to prevent SNAP recipients from using their benefits to purchase what one governor calls “taxpayer-funded ...