Lawmakers seek to remove soda, candy, spices and others from SNAP benefits
By Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — As the future of SNAP benefits, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is up in the air amid the federal government shutdown, Wyoming lawmakers…
New Study Finds the SNAP Food Assistance Program Tough to Navigate in Wyoming.
• Many families are not accessing a resource to help stay healthy. Recent publications by the Wyoming Community Foundation (WYCF) show that many more people in Wyoming qualify to use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) than use it. In…
Demand for food, childcare assistance growing in Wyoming
By Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Vital social services like childcare assistance and the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or SNAP, are experiencing growing pressures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Department of Family Services…