Food assistance programs may be at risk if Congress is unable to reach a funding agreement to stop the government shutdown in ...

Currently, Fresh for Less partners with 74 retailers across rural and urban Georgia. The program has seen growing demand in recent years, matching more than $384,000 in SNAP benefits in 2023 and ...

Rural Hancock County, about 100 miles southeast of Atlanta, has the highest estimated rate of childhood food insecurity in the nation, according a report.

Thousands of Georgia moms and young kids are at risk of losing federal food assistance, depending on how long the current ...

A prolonged shutdown could overwhelm the food bank as SNAP and other federal programs face disruption. About 15% of the food ...

The federal government shutdown​ has left Georgia families who depend on government programs wondering what will happen next.

While food assistance programs like SNAP are secure for now, the longer this shutdown lasts, the more strain it could place on families —one in five right here in Valdosta.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The federal government shutdown is stretching far beyond Washington and it’s now being felt at ...

Since last fall, the Georgia Department of Human Services has issued close to $3 million in replacement food stamp benefits ...

The education portion of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) is an initiative that helps low-income families prepare nutrition-dense meals on limited budgets.

ATLANTA — A security feature designed to protect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in Georgia from rampant benefit fraud is going largely unused, even as theft reports ...

Federal changes to SNAP may pull the rug out from under free school meal programs in Georgia, nutrition advocates and ...