USDA official says SNAP benefits theft 'could be as high as $12 billion a year.' Here’s how fraudsters get away with swiping funds from needy families

The $12 billion in potential annual losses represents taxpayer money diverted from feeding vulnerable Americans to funding ...
The Daily Overview on MSN

New fraud data names the states draining the most SNAP cash

Billions of dollars in food aid are vanishing from electronic benefit cards, and new fraud data is starting to show which ...

The problem with SNAP benefits cards

Some Republicans in Congress are weighing how to fix SNAP benefits “skimming,” which can cost hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars.
South Carolina Public Radio

South Carolina's former DSS director talks future of SNAP

SC Public Radio's Maayan Schechter asks Michael Leach, the former director of South Carolina's Department of Social Services, about how states should communicate about SNAP during the government ...
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Federal judge orders USDA to fund SNAP amid government shutdown, Trump seeks clarity

Washington state crackdown uncovers 41 unlicensed contractors in two-day operation In a sweeping two-day enforcement operation, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) uncovered 41 ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

SNAP can be funded despite government shutdown. Here's what to know, Ohio SNAP data

A potential government shutdown could affect SNAP benefits for nearly 1.5 million people in Ohio. The government has reserve funds and the legal authority to continue distributing SNAP payments in ...

Oklahomans on SNAP wonder when funds for food will arrive. 'It has been a lot of juggling'

Treaster is one of the almost 700,000 Oklahomans who are on SNAP, many struggling to find food since the federal government shutdown stalled the food program. “It has been a lot of juggling, being ...