Signs inform Hy-Vee grocery store shoppers about changes to the Supplemental Nutrition assistance Program on Jan. 4 in des Moines, Iowa.
THE DES MOINES REGISTER
A store displays a sign accepting Electronic Benefits Transfer cards for Supplemental Nutrition assistance Program purchases for groceries Jan. 2 in New York.
ANTHONY BEHAR, SIPA USA
Volunteer Stephan Thomas, 13, rolls an empty shopping cart into Manna Cafe Ministries, which offers food and other necessary resources to people in need, on Oct. 15 in Clarksville, Tenn. The state sought to ban SNAP recipients from using their benefits to buy processed foods and beverages such as soda, energy drinks and candy.
DENNY SIMMONS, THE TENNESSEAN
Sham Ifaim, left, and Jen Walker pack boxes of food for Healthy Kids Iowa recipients on June 10, 2025, at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. The state was among five where a judge shot down new restrictions on use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for certain foods.
A store displays a sign accepting Electronic Benefits Transfer cards for Supplemental Nutrition assistance Program purchases for groceries Jan. 2 in New York.
Volunteer Stephan Thomas, 13, rolls an empty shopping cart into Manna Cafe Ministries, which offers food and other necessary resources to people in need, on Oct. 15 in Clarksville, Tenn. The state sought to ban SNAP recipients from using their benefits to buy processed foods and beverages such as soda, energy drinks and candy.
Sham Ifaim, left, and Jen Walker pack boxes of food for Healthy Kids Iowa recipients on June 10, 2025, at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. The state was among five where a judge shot down new restrictions on use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for certain foods.
