Alabama is on the verge of a significant change in the use of SNAP benefits, aiming to promote healthier habits by ...

"We're paying for Medicaid care for a problem we facilitated with [food stamps] and taxpayers are getting hit both ways," ...

A monthly average of 750,000 people in Alabama received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits last year.

Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said he's drafting a bill that would keep SNAP recipients from buying candy. He said it's about ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is administered through the Food Assistance Division in Alabama. SNAP is a federally funded program, but each state administers its own ...

Alabama is slated to send September payments to residents participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Monday. SNAP, or food stamps, is distributed to low-income families and ...

More than 100 organizations from across Alabama are urging federal lawmakers to vote against a Congressional budget that they say would jeopardize health care and food assistance for families. On ...

It's truly puzzling that some members of Congress are preparing to attack the very safety net programs their own constituents depend on to survive, like SNAP (formerly food stamps) and Medicaid.

In Alabama, the Food Assistance Division of the Department of Human Resources administers the SNAP program. SNAP is a federal program that provides food-purchasing assistance to low-income households.