Iowa is joining other states in the nation in changing what can be bought using SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

By the end of the year, 18 states will limit the purchase of "non-nutritious" food and drinks. What that means is up to the ...

SNAP recipients who work and earn more than $217.50 per week before taxes can still receive their benefits. Everyone else must submit documentation proving they volunteer or work 20 hours a week or ...

Stricter federal compliance rules and mounting backlogs have exposed a critical weakness in how states process SNAP benefits. Modernizing document workflows in these outdated, paper-heavy systems ...

Millions of Americans receiving SNAP benefits will no longer be able to use the funds to buy items like soda and candy. What ...

The new restrictions also mark a departure from decades of US federal policy, which previously allowed SNAP benefits to be ...

Facing a deadline to recertify SNAP recipients in four counties or lose funding, the state hopes to beat the USDA in court.

Iowa’s SNAP payment error rate — including overpayments and underpayments — was 6.14% in fiscal year 2024. Sample, the HHS ...