SNAP theft through skimming of magnetic-stripe cards has cost recipients at least $320 million from October 2022 to December 2024.

A new bill in Congress would introduce anti-theft technology for electronic benefit transfer cards.

In general, benefits for new cases receiving SNAP eligibility or benefits are deposited between the 1st and 10th of the month.

The Department of Agriculture has approved waivers for 18 states to restrict what SNAP recipients can purchase at grocery ...

Millions of Texans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will see new restrictions on what they ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – There’s an increasing scam involving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits in Oregon and cash benefits cards. Hundreds of low-income residents who rely ...

WASHINGTON (WCBD) – U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is proposing legislation that would require photo IDs on electronic benefit transfer cards, claiming the rule change would curb “tremendous” fraud in ...

The CalFresh program is preparing to issue a new round of SNAP payments for March. Here are the dates and amounts.

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says that she’s focused on fraud in the United States’ largest nutrition assistance program, but ...

New York is joining the small group of states switching to chip-and-pin cards to evade skimming devices that siphon money for food from low-income people. By Sarah Maslin Nir One morning last week, ...