Food assistance will be canceled in November amid the current federal government shutdown, halting benefits for 11% of Texas’ ...

Food insecurity strikes a million or more Texans, but SNAP food benefits in Texas add a critical nutritional assistance that allows families to make grocery dollars stretch and eat healthy food. The ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Texas operates on a structured payment schedule, distributing benefits from the 1st to the 28th of each month. For June 2025, many families will ...

With SNAP delays set to begin Nov. 1 that will impact more than 3.5 million Texans, food banks in the state are bracing for a ...

“If the current lapse in appropriations continues, there will be insufficient funds to pay full November SNAP benefits for ...

As the deadline for recertifying SNAP benefits in Texas approaches for families with expiration dates in July 2025, understanding the renewal process is critical. Failure to complete the necessary ...

Rulings by judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island on Oct. 31 ordered the department to use $5.25 billion in contingency funds to continue SNAP.

The government shutdown means more than $600 million per month won’t go to millions of Texas SNAP beneficiaries who pump money into state's economy.

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ...

Millions of low-income Texans who rely on a federal program to buy groceries will no longer be able to use their benefits to purchase sweetened drinks and candy, a change that will take effect on ...