This includes federal employees and beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Columbus' announcement came a couple of hours before a judge ordered the federal government to continue funding SNAP into November in a case brought by Columbus and a coalition of other plaintiffs.

Here's what individuals and families need to know about SNAP eligibility, applying for SNAP, and what happens after submitting your SNAP application.

What to know about the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, sometimes referred to as food stamps.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits won't be issued for November if the government shutdown continues, Hamilton County Job and Family Services announced Thursday.

The SNAP program has been a major piece of the U.S. social safety network since it launched as the food stamp program in 1964. It’s been in the spotlight like never before since President

Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and federal government employees can take advantage of an El Paso grocery store’s customer’s generous donation that was made amid the government shutdown.

ObamaCare, SNAP, and all of the inefficient and overburdened federal programs need to be revisited and reformed. But first, Democrats need to stop holding SNAP hostage.

The plaintiffs argued in their lawsuit that failing to maintain the SNAP funding was illegal, arbitrary and capricious, and would irreparably harm them. They also said cutting off the benefits would “cause deterioration of public health and well-being” of recipients, and that those costs would be borne by the states.