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![Shelves at the Southeast Ohio Foodbanks warehouse in Logan are almost entirely empty](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Foodbank-Shortage-thumb-e1686940946464-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Senate’s budget scraps $15 million boost for food banks
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The Ohio Senate has significantly reduced funding for state food banks in its version of the state operating budget. The Ohio House has proposed… Read More
![Food items available at the Mobile food bank site in Gallia County](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Image-from-iOS-scaled-e1665586697653-900x422.jpg)
The demand on food pantries has ballooned two months after the end of pandemic-era benefits
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — When the pandemic-era boost to low-income food assistance expired in March, many worried that families in southeast Ohio would suffer. Two months later, those… Read More
![A woman shopping in Seaman's grocery store](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SNAPFEATURED-e1678482975168-900x422.jpg)
‘We expect the impact to be huge’: Additional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits end for Ohioans
By: Madison Moore
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – The emergency SNAP allotments that have been helping many families across Southeast Ohio ended March 1st, leaving local food assistance programs bracing for a spike in… Read More
![A customer shops for eggs at a H-E-B grocery store on February 08, 2023 in Austin, Texas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gettyimages-1464257602-copy_slide-a8100033ce6d90e04b1d208fae2bd5d409c152cb-scaled-e1678205979834-900x422.jpg)
What SNAP recipients can expect as benefits shrink in March
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — This month, as many as 16 million American households have received a sharp reduction in the size of their benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,… Read More
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Athens Farmers Market connects low income families with local produce
By: Jensen Knecht
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Athens Farmers Market is now giving low-income people the chance to get healthy and organic food options that won’t break the bank. Those who have… Read More
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Food Stamp Recipients Can Now Use EBT Cards For Online Payment For Groceries
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Shortly after COVID-19 shut down much of Ohio, Gov. DeWine announced food stamp recipients would be allowed to use the drive-up grocery shopping service provided… Read More
![Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Food Banks (right), checks out the produce while she talks with employees at the Mid-Ohio Food Bank in Grove City, just south of Columbus](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screen_shot_2020-03-12_at_1.31.20_pm-e1584038126228-900x422.png)
Foodbanks Say Help is Urgently Needed Because of Coronavirus
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Congress is considering a bill that would make it easier for low-income people to get emergency food assistance during the COVID-19 outbreak. And advocates for foodbanks are requesting the state and… Read More
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Food Fight: How 2 Trump Proposals Could Bite Into School Lunch
By: Cory Turner | NPR
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The pending federal rule changes could push a million kids off free or reduced-price school meals, at least temporarily.
![The All People's Fresh Market in Columbus, where low-income people can pick up produce and other items for free to save their SNAP benefits to use at grocery stores.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/all_people_s_food_bank-e1580498769900-900x422.jpg)
20,000 Ohioans Set to Lose SNAP Benefits Under Trump Adminstration Rule Change
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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20,000 childless adults who are considered able-bodied and receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 29 Ohio counties will soon be getting letters telling them their benefits are being cut… Read More
![The Trump administration plans to stop food stamps after three months for able-bodied adults without dependents who do not work, volunteer, or get job training for at least 20 hours a week, and make it harder for states to waive this requirement.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ap_17144630576210-a266775187c3692b9d84e4430862f8729ce681d2-e1575480261716-900x422.jpg)
Nearly 700,000 SNAP Recipients Could Lose Benefits Under New Trump Rule
By: Pam Fessler | Rachel Treisman | NPR
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The Trump administration has finalized a rule to limit food stamp benefits for single able-bodied adults who can’t show that they work more than 20 hours a week, though legal challenges are possible.
![The Franciscan Center in Baltimore serves a hot lunch daily to those who need extra help, even if they receive food stamps. Those benefits could end for 755,000 able-bodied adults.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_7120-2-4683aa0dd2274946deba3fdd5205e28ed85bc5cd-e1554132850763-900x422.jpg)
More Than 750,000 Could Lose Food Stamps Under Trump Administration Proposal
By: Pam Fessler | NPR
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The Trump administration has proposed changing food stamp rules to require able-bodied adults without children to work 20 hours or more a week or lose benefits.