When the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed last July, millions of U.S. residents were put at risk of losing access to ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan to help with the transition to new SNAP work requirements. House Bill 4730 would create a program called FRESH (Families Receiving Emergency Support for ...

Illinois food banks and advocates are pushing lawmakers to protect SNAP benefits for 1.9 million residents facing federal ...

(The Center Square) – As new federal work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program take effect this month, Illinois lawmakers are considering a state-run program that would ...

Hundreds of members from the “Save our SNAP” coalition gathered in Springfield Tuesday to urge lawmakers to take action ...

Immigrants — including refugees, asylees and survivors of human trafficking — are no longer eligible for the Supplemental ...

With the longest U.S. government shutdown over, the Illinois Department of Human Services announced Thursday they are working to distribute full benefits to the nearly two million recipients of ...

Hundreds are expected to rally in Springfield, Illinois, in support of three bills that will protect the state's SNAP ...

New work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program go into effect Feb. 1, threatening benefits for hundreds of thousands of Illinoisians. Adults aged 18 to 64 without dependents ...

Refugees and people granted asylum in the U.S. will join thousands of others in Illinois expected to lose their food ...

Anticipating the pressure this will put on states to continue supporting SNAP, AARP has been working with state lawmakers to ...