More Americans are turning to food banks to help fill the assistance gap, but administrators caution they aren't designed to act as a safety net for a government program.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia National Guard is helping several dozen food pantries this weekend in hopes of providing SNAP recipients food while the federal government shutdown continues. Gov ...

Food banks and pantries say they expect a massive influx of need that could stretch the already strained food safety net ...

On Saturday, some 42 million low-income Americans, including 16 million children, lost access to benefits through the SNAP program as the government shutdown continues.

In our school system, we already offer free breakfast, lunch and supper to any kid, no questions asked,” Carvalho said ...

This is almost $1 million we’re putting forward in the last few weeks and I expect this will keep happening and we just cannot keep filling these holes,” said county ...

Your neighbors might soon need extra assistance putting food on the table. The U.S. Department of Agriculture planned on Nov. 1 to begin freezing food aid payments used by about 1 in 8 Americans for ...

With the SNAP program scheduled to run out of funds, nonprofits dedicated to serving the hungry were bracing for a spike in visitors.

But prior to the new federal ruling, Morrisey announced the state has sent an additional $2.5 million to support food banks -- a total of $8.6 million. “We have to monitor this closely day by day to ...

To help meet the community’s needs, the Weld Food Bank has added food distribution hours, scheduled additional mobile food pantry stops and purchased nearly $250,000 of additional food.

Residents seeking food or other aid can call the One Stop for Help Community Navigators at 770-822-8850 or use the Atlanta Community Food Bank’s Pantry Map to locate nearby pantries.

About 160,000 residents are on the verge of losing $60 million in federal food benefits, and local food banks and other nonprofits are gearing up for a spike in demand for their services.