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USDA SUN Summer Programs in 2025: Supporting Kids and Families with Free Meals and Grocery Assistance

The USDA’s SUN Summer Programs offer valuable resources to ensure children stay nourished and healthy during the summer months when school meal programs are unavailab...

Food Stamp Data Still Up in the Air for November

The program once simply known as "food stamps" has changed a lot over the course of the past few years. Today, it is known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and these benefits are doled ou...

Summer is for Picnic Sandwiches: How You Can Make Yours Healthier

Summer is here, prompting many trips to the beach, camping adventures, and other activities where you will want to bring along a picnic. Sandwiches are a natural choice for your picnic basket because of t...

How to Make Healthy Eating Affordable with Food Stamps

Food stamps, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, are an essential form of government assistance that helps individuals and families afford healthy meals. Even though SNAP benefits generall...

Navigating Florida SNAP Renewal: Ensuring Uninterrupted Access to Vital Benefits

As a beneficiary of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) in Florida, understanding the recertification process is essential to maintain uninterrupted access to crucial benef...

Balanced Nutrition Improves Your Quality of Life

You can impress your family, friends, and coworkers this holiday season with some subtle changes that make a big difference. If your ideas go unnoticed and you struggle to lose weight, you can brighten your holiday with heart h...

How to Get the Most Value Out of Your Food Stamp Benefits

The rising costs of food at the grocery store has done no favors for those Americans that rely on food stamps to feed their families. There are well over 40 million American families enrolled in the Supplemental Nu...

December 2024 SNAP Payment Schedule: What You Need to Know

In December 2024, there's big news for people who get help buying food from the SNAP program in the United States. SNAP, which stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, gives monthly money to low-inc...

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Suggests Changes to SNAP Benefits

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has reached out to the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with a suggestion to change what foods can be bought with SNAP benefits, which ma...