Acorn squash, Spam and baby food lined the shelves on a recent day at a college food pantry in California’s capital city, a resource that students receiving federal aid to purchase groceries may have ...

States are facing uncertainty about providing full monthly benefits for a federal food program serving 42 million Americans.

Project Angel Food, a Los Angeles–based nonprofit that provides free, medically tailored meals to residents with serious ...

After the Trump administration ordered states to "undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November," Gov. Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell promised to defend the ...

California was releasing food stamps to the state’s millions of CalFresh users, even as Trump still fought the full federal funding of SNAP.

The Trump administration has instructed states to undo any efforts to fully fund SNAP payments for November. In a new memo ...

People in some states started receiving SNAP benefits after delays caused by a legal battle during the government shutdown but others have not.

The friends arrived at the soup kitchen with toddlers in their arms and worry in their eyes. Ashleigh Pearce and Sabrina Spearman had heard that because of the federal shutdown, their food assistance ...

Almost 20 percent of people in Louisiana rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families. The state’s health ...

Mary Soracco, the woman behind the mini pantry, told CBS LA she understands what it's like to be impoverished and wants to ...