Food & Drink

Nonprofits say it is common for owners to supplement their pet’s diet with human food purchased using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance benefits.

A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

A U.S. district judge had given the administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The court wrangling prolonged weeks of uncertainty for the food program that serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.

The SNAP program serves about 1 in 8 Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net. It costs more than $8 billion per month nationally.

The White House will comply with a court order to partially fund SNAP, but not every food stamp recipient will receive the allotted half benefit amount this month.

Pennsylvania officials are asking the federal government to allow them to use a swifter method to calculate each household’s partial payment.

After federal court rulings, SNAP will issue November benefits to over 2 million Pennsylvanians — but at only half the usual amount.

Sharing Excess’ map, which shows locations in Philly, New York and Chicago, is connecting people to food pantries and distribution sites amid the SNAP pause.

The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964.

The USDA plans to freeze the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a cornerstone of the nation's social safety net relied upon by 1 in 8 Americans for groceries.

Gov. Josh Shapiro is setting aside $5 million to aid food banks during the SNAP freeze. But nonprofits say more is needed.

The hearing came two days before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Democrats have repeatedly voted against reopening the government as they demand that Republicans negotiate with them to extend expiring health care subsidies.

About 1 in 8 Americans relies on the food assistance program. Among them are more than 800,000 New Jerseyans, with approximately 75,000 recipients in Camden County.