Tag: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Delivering tailored meals as a health care strategy
At a glance, a Food is Medicine meal delivered by Meals on Wheels of RI Inc. might not appear different than one of the...
Trump threatens to halt federal money next month not only to...
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home to local governments resisting...
Lawsons donate $3M to Rhode Island Community Food Bank
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Community Food Bank has received a $3 million donation from longtime philanthropic supporters Cathy and Thomas Lawson, the organization announced.
“Tom and...
Rhode Island Community Food Bank delays release of its annual hunger...
In any other year, the data that informs an annual report released every Thanksgiving by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank would tell the...
Local banks step up to combat food insecurity during holiday season
PROVIDENCE – Money traditionally goes into banks, but in response to the fallout from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program crisis, local banks are putting...
Who do you blame for the record 43-day federal government shutdown...
President Donald Trump on Nov. 12 signed a government funding bill to end a record 43-day shutdown that caused widespread financial stress and disrupted...
Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments...
President Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid...
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a...
BOSTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly...
Federal budget cuts create one big not so beautiful mess in...
The human and financial costs of federal funding cuts are coming into focus for Rhode Island – and it’s not a pretty picture.
Tens of...
Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November
PROVIDENCE (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep...
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