Any time there’s any reduction or tightening of benefits, especially SNAP benefits, we typically see an uptick in families ...

Advocates warn that proposed cuts to federal food assistance programs could significantly impact thousands of Iowans who rely ...

Food pantries in Iowa have seen demand for their assistance soar in recent years. At the same time, fewer Iowans have been enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, through which ...

The new federal budget brings changes to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) food assistance benefits, and those ...

WATERLOO — The Northeast Iowa Food Bank held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for its $14 million campaign to expand and renovate the facility. The project will expand cold storage to increase ...

President Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ shifts more Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program costs to states.

Food hubs, which are small distribution businesses that specialize in local foods, sold over $4.3 million in 2024 in local foods to grocery stores, households, restaurants, school districts, food ...

Iowa HHS contracted six Feeding America Food Banks to administer the new program throughout the state. These food banks are in charge of sourcing the food, finding distribution partners and ...

President Donald Trump recently signed a reconciliation bill into law — better known as "The One Big Beautiful Bill Act."Food banks across the country say the bill's cuts to SNAP benefits will ...

The Johnston Partnership has faced challenges with the new Healthy Kids Iowa program, according to Executive Director Andrea Cook.

President Donald Trump ’s big tax cut bill will overhaul a common food assistance program for lower-income people by forcing ...