SNAP

Montana’s only statewide food bank warns that at least 12,000 residents are at risk of losing some or all of their federal food benefits. The overhaul of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, coincides with growing demand for food pantry services in Montana.

The Farm Bill influences what kind of food is grown, how food is grown, and pays for the largest food assistance program in the country.

The new account portal on Montana’s website now requires users to enter and verify an email address in order to access their information. Before, applicants did not need to possess a verifiable email to apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

The 49,000 Montana households that receive federal food assistance are losing a pandemic-related boost in benefits, although a smaller increase will stay in place through the summer.

Montana lawmakers voted Thursday to give 14,000 women, children and infants receiving public food assistance a boost in benefits this summer. The money is…

The Montana state health department is closing some public services offices Friday to limit face to-face interaction amid the ongoing coronavirus…

Some 14 million U.S. households are struggling to get enough to eat — a return to pre-recession levels. The USDA data comes as the Trump administration proposes tightening eligibility for food aid.

Montana is issuing February’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments a couple of weeks early due to the ongoing partial government…

Senator Steve Daines called the 2018 Farm Bill a win for Montana on a press call Wednesday morning."Agriculture is our number one economic driver in…

Wednesday a joint U.S. House and Senate committee began a potentially week-long process of reconciling two versions of the Farm Bill. The current bill…