SNAP Benefits

Gov. Beshear says federal government should be "fighting hunger, not causing it."

Food assistance does more good when it doesn’t make people feel bad for needing help.

The shutdown lesson is clear: When SNAP goes unfunded, hardship is immediate. And charity cannot fill the gap.

The state began loading SNAP benefits onto cards this weekend.

Kentuckians who receive SNAP benefits will soon see money coming into their accounts, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday.

Roughly 42 million Americans rely on the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to help afford groceries.

The off-and-on freeze of SNAP benefits has prompted a confusing mess of contradicting guidance and a flurry of court orders.

For many, the monthly food distribution that Aaron McNeil organizes is a lifeline, especially during the federal government shutdown and disruption of SNAP benefits.

The order on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that the Trump administration pay for a full month of food benefits, hours after some states began loading nutrition assistance funds on payment cards.

Aaron McNeil House, the Boys and Girls Club, Salvation Army, Hopkinsville Brewing Co. and others are preparing to feed people affected by the disruption in SNAP benefits.

In October, 645,461 used SNAP benefits to buy groceries in Kentucky. Those people are turning to food banks, which were already stretched thin in meeting the needs of a state with high rates of food insecurity and are now seeing even more visitors.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump walked back his administration’s plan to partially restore November food benefits during the ongoing government shutdown, saying on social media that payments through the SNAP would resume only when Democrats agree to reopen the government.