It’s now harder for 36,000 Connecticut residents to qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits, formerly known as food stamps. Stricter eligibility requirements ...

Connecticut's enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program fell by about 7,430 residents last month after new work rules that tightened eligibility took effect, according to preliminary ...

Volunteers with Connecticut Foodshare hand out donations in front of Living Word Church at a mobile food pantry in East Hartford on November 5, 2025. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror This story is ...

The more than 250,000 shops and stores that accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as payment for groceries will have to meet tougher requirements starting on Nov. 4, 2026, ...

A yellow sign with the words “We Welcome SNAP Benefits.” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, along with 21 other state attorney generals, is currently suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

The federal government may be shut down, but that didn't stop changes to SNAP benefits from kicking in on the first of the ...

A leader on the General Assembly’s budget panel pledged Thursday to propose a state-funded nutrition benefit for the tens of thousands of residents expected to lose federal SNAP assistance by March 31 ...