Learn how Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) works, its uses in government assistance programs like SNAP, and how it aids ...

Starting Jan. 1, taxable foods and beverages in Iowa will no longer be eligible under SNAP. This includes candy, soda and ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Wednesday marks the deadline for the state of Iowa to sign on to the summer EBT program, which provides money to low-income families to get groceries for their kids while is school ...

Iowa is seeking a waiver to opt out of a federal program to provide grocery money to low-income kids next summer and instead use the money to provide boxes of food that could be picked up at ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT) is a new food benefits program to help shrink the hunger gap when children are on summer break and don’t have easy access ...

Steve Cohen (D-TN) has written a letter to Gov. Bill Lee in a last-ditch effort to convince him to opt into a ...

Hundreds of thousands of Tennessee kids went hungry last summer because the state didn't opt into a federal program. Gov. Lee ...

Iowa would have served its residents better all along by taking the money and helping families, writes the Register's ...

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s plan to carry out the once-controversial Summer EBT food program for low-income youths has been given the green light from the federal government. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) The U ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state is launching a new program to provide food assistance during the summer for families with children who qualify for free or reduced-price meals at school. Gov. JB ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX5/KUSI) — Low-income ...

In 2025, the state introduced the Healthy Kids Iowa initiative as an alternative to Summer EBT. The program was meant to ...