The Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services says the number of people applying for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is up 130%.
Fourteen U.S. states, along with New York City and Washington, D.C., are suing to block a new Trump administration rule that tightens work requirements for people on food stamps.
Nearly 700,000 Americans could lose SNAP benefits.
The Trump Administration released a proposal to tighten food stamp eligibility, a move that could end aid for up to three million people. It’s a change that has some food banks worried about a possible increase in customers.
The Trump administration is proposing to tighten automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp program, a change that could affect about 3.1 million people.
A man who worked at a small grocery store his daughter owned in New Jersey's largest city is headed to prison for his role in a food stamps for cash scheme that cheated the government out of more than $885,000.
The Department of Agriculture unveiled a proposed rule expanding work requirements for those in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, as the food stamp program is formally known.
President Donald Trump's budget proposes cutting $213 billion over a decade from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
A little more than two years ago, Washoe County, Reno and Sparks along with several non-profits, collaborated on a system called Clarity Cards to help serve those who are homeless or living in poverty.
Truckee Meadows Healthy Communities is hosting a Family Health Festival, bringing free and low-cost services to those in need.