Sofi is an AI policy researcher at Virginia Tech. As the government shutdown ends, SNAP’s status remains complicated. Even if and when things return to “normal,” many people who are entitled to ...

Millions of older Americans are turning to SNAP benefits to supplement their food budget. With fixed incomes and rising living costs, many seniors on Social Security qualify for this essential federal ...

Food prices are rising faster than many fixed incomes, and for older Americans that gap often shows up in the refrigerator.

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents are expected to be pushed out of the federal food assistance program for people ...

Money gets tighter as you get older, not looser. The mortgage may be paid off, but the property taxes keep climbing. Medicare ...

An end to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history could restore food assistance for 42 million Americans. Recent court rulings have created confusion over whether states could ...

A new cost-sharing law could put SNAP benefits at risk for tens of millions of Americans. States will have to fund a portion of SNAP benefits based on their payment ...