With more than 827,000 New Jerseyans relying on food assistance, expanding city farming initiatives could provide fresh food access while creating jobs and improving environmental resilience.

The paychecks of 48,000 workers are at stake, along with funding for a major New Jersey construction project and access to National Parks.

Many families and college students in Oklahoma depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefits.

The federal government may be shut down, but that didn’t stop changes to SNAP benefits from kicking in on the first of the month, which is also the start of the fiscal year.

The USDA memo, sent to all state agencies on October 3, orders states to begin complying with new work requirements for ABAWDs from November. The new rules revise who qualifies for exemptions from ...

Worried about the status of New Jersey’s ANCHOR program checks during the federal government shutdown? The program is funded by the state of New Jersey in its annual budget, so residents shouldn’t be ...

To be eligible, New Jersey residents must be 18 years or older, have a household income below $44,000 annually, be no more than 23 weeks pregnant and be residents of Newark, Trenton, Paterson, or in ...

One organization is aiming to help end childhood poverty by giving direct cash payments to new mothers with no strings attached. The Bridge Project provides new parents ...

The federal government may be shut down, but that didn’t stop changes to SNAP benefits from kicking in on the first of the month, which is also the start of the fiscal year.

New Jersey lawmakers are touting $6.8 million in new state funding to keep food flowing from local farms to schools and pantries after federal cuts gutted ...