Food banks and food shelves have long championed SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, as the nation’s largest and most-effective hunger relief program. An entire wall in our 230,000 square foot warehouse is dedicated to showcasing the program’s scale ...

Early Monday morning, people began lining up outside the West Houston Assistance Ministries facility ahead of a special food distribution event organized by the Houston Food Bank. The effort, which begins at 8 a.m., aims to support families struggling without SNAP benefits or delayed federal pay.

Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed a disaster declaration freeing up around $5 million to help feed Pennsylvania residents impacted by SNAP benefits set to expire Saturday amid the federal government shutdown.

BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) — Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank donors have the chance to make three times the impact this week. Through Nov. 2, all donations made to the food bank will be tripled, after an anonymous donor pledged to match contributions up to $50,000. One local business has already donated over $10,000.

The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia is making plans to respond to the impending loss of funding for a federal food program.

Already strained by federal funding cuts earlier in the year and a surge in demand from furloughed federal workers, food banks face a fresh wave of need as SNAP benefits end Saturday.