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SNAP Texas Payment: Who Gets Their September Payment This Week?

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, helps people with low incomes buy food in the United States, including Texas. In Texas, the Health and Human Services Commissi...

Understanding SNAP Benefits in 2025 for Big Families

Families that get SNAP benefits receive them monthly. They can spend these benefits like cash at stores that accept them. These benefits are given using an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card.  If you're...

Big Changes Coming to SNAP Food Benefits: Some Junk Food Soon Banned

Starting in 2026, several states in the US will introduce new rules for people who get food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. Read about...

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Explained

The Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP for short, is a special program run by the government that helps people who don't have enough money to buy food. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, also known as ...

Does Your SNAP Elibigility End in September? Here's How to Recertify

If you receive SNAP (food stamps) and your eligibility ends in September, it’s important to take action now to recertify and avoid losing benefits. Recertification means renewing your application ...

Public University Opens New SNAP Station to Help Students Access Food

Millersville University is taking a big step to help students who struggle to afford food by setting up a new SNAP Station. This special spot has just opened up near the Student Affairs Suite, in the uppe...

The Perils of PFAS: Fighting Back Against Forever Chemicals

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have infiltrated our food system largely without our knowledge or consent. These toxic “forever chemicals” persist in the environment and accumulate in...

Keep Getting Your Food Stamps: The Simple Guide to SNAP Renewal

Are you aware that your SNAP benefits expire, and you need to apply for recertification to continue receiving money for food needs? If you aren't, then you might be like Mrs. C from the Bronx.  Mrs....

SNAP Recertification in November 2025: What You Need to Know About Renewing Your Food Stamps

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) gives millions of families in the United States help to buy food. If you receive SNAP benefits, you must regularly recertify ...