Food Assistance

Supply chain and labor issues are one of the factors causing the Chippewa Hills School District in Mecosta County to cancel its summer food program.

Households in Michigan that get federal food assistance will see the benefit boosted for another month.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is expanding food assistance benefits to nearly 1 million children whose access to school meals has…

The state announced this week it will partner with restaurants to allow food assistance recipients to use their benefits to purchase hot meals.The program…

The Michigan House overwhelmingly passed legislation lifting a lifetime ban on food assistance benefits for people with drug felonies.The legislation…

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced a new program on Thursday to help college students get food assistance.The new state…

As many as 165,000 people in Michigan could lose access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (or SNAP) benefits under a proposed USDA rule…

The state of Michigan announced today that it has received roughly $740,000 to improve efforts to prevent food stamp fraud.The department was awarded a…

Food assistance benefits for March and April will be released early in Michigan.Bob Wheaton, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Health and…