The agreement to use contingency funds to pay for food stamp benefits came after a judge said Trump administration could not cease paying for the benefits.

President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation’s largest food aid program running.

Then, as some Head Start early learning programs close across the country due to the government shutdown, we check in with how the community is coming together to keep doors open for a few hundred lo...

Nearly three-quarters of the households that rely on the benefits to afford groceries have an income below 100% of the federal poverty level.