Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

New analysis of federal data shows the largest single-year decrease in WIC's history. Participation is down in SNAP and the school lunch program too.

Experts believe the change would result in more low-income families going without food assistance.

Here's what the change could mean for food security among SNAP participants.

In a letter, the lawmakers urge the USDA to reconsider a proposed rule that would make it harder for able-bodied adults without children to receive food assistance.

SNAP has become more vulnerable under Trump. Alabama's law could test how far the administration is willing to go to destabilize the program.

But it's hard to say exactly how harmful, as there are only scant data points available.

The vast majority of poor, able-bodied adults without dependents using SNAP are employed—and for those who aren't, cracking down on benefits is not likely to help.

Some Americans feel government shutdowns more acutely than others.

After a fierce partisan fight, Congress has reached an agreement on SNAP, forestry, and conservation programs.

A political scientist says restrictions on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could see challenges in 2019.

Negotiators are one step closer to a bill funding crucial food assistance and agriculture programs.

The rule will impede family-based immigration, but its perceived effects are already widespread—and perhaps even more dangerous.

Fear of repercussions is keeping immigrant families from using public benefit programs like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

The current farm bill expired on Sunday, putting the debate over key USDA programs that protect public health and the environment on hold.

An immigration law expert explains why a proposed "public charge" rule is fostering an environment of fear.

The Trump administration wants to keep out immigrants who burden the American taxpayer. How big is that burden really?

A new report confirms that, while SNAP recipients do indeed work, they may still be hurt by work requirements.

In her new book, political scientist Suzanne Mettler asks: How can the U.S. government provide so much, yet still be the object of such derision?

The changes are intended to encourage more SNAP recipients to enter the work force—but research shows that's not a problem in the first place.

The organization plan lays out dramatic changes to the federal government, including moving SNAP into a new Department of Health and Public Welfare.

Trump's executive order to enforce work requirements on social safety net recipients ignores the barriers to steady employment those folks already face.

These three charts show that new proposed work requirements are a solution in search of a problem.

A Brookings report takes the "mend it, don't end it" approach to the embattled SNAP program.