Illinois legislators are considering two emergency bills in response to federal changes that will reduce or end Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits for about 230,000 state ...

A change in requirements to receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could affect upwards of 340,000 Illinoisans.

Illinois must cut its error rate nearly in half to avoid penalties. Illinois’ high error rate administering food stamp benefits could cost the state over $700 million, according to a new report from ...

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 ...

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 provide cash assistance to ...

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents are expected to be pushed out of the federal food assistance program for people with low incomes as soon as May 1.

The produce section, which includes items eligible for purchase under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is shown at a County Market grocery store in Springfield. and UIS Public ...