SNAP has provided grocery help for 60-plus years; here's how it works

The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964 ...

LIST: Where to go in Central Texas for food distributions as SNAP benefits pause approaches

Millions of Texans could lose access to federal food assistance on Nov. 1 as the government shutdown continues.

SNAP benefits run out Saturday. The Central Texas Food Bank is already feeling the strain.

The Central Texas Food Bank expects to spend roughly four times its monthly budget to support Austin-area SNAP recipients.

Texas DACA recipients ponder leaving the state amid push to revoke their work permits

A Trump administration proposal would strip Texas’ more than 86,000 DACA recipients of their work permits — including two ...

Texas freezes program boosting minority, women-owned businesses

The program, signed into law by former Gov. George W. Bush, has become a Republican target amid the party's broader DEI ...

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 ...
Dallas Weekly

Texas Food Banks See Surge in Demand as SNAP Benefits Are Paused

Millions of Texans will lose federal food assistance in November due to insufficient funding, and food pantries, churches, community fridges, and mobile sites around the state are offering free ...

Texas SNAP benefit pause: Here’s how to receive and give help

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

Furloughed federal and state employees can apply for unemployment during shutdown

Federal workers in Tennessee, as well as Tennessee state government employees whose employment was suspended by the U.S. government shutdown, can file for unemployment benefits. These employees were ...