SNAP

As of Nov. 1, more than 75,000 Lane County residents have lost access to their SNAP benefits.

Corvallis-Albany Farmers Market has partnered with Portland-based Farmers Market Fund to provide food for people that have run out, or are low on SNAP benefits.

The judges ruled in favor of local officials who sought to force the federal government to keep the SNAP program running in November.

The federal government shutdown could start affecting food benefits in November, when the program known as SNAP wouldn't be paid out, leaving many low-income families scrambling.

Gov. Tina Kotek announced she’s sending $5 million in state funding to food banks on Wednesday as Oregon braces for a cutoff of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program expected at the start of November.

The states are among many that are going to court to force the federal government to use emergency reserve money to prop up the federal food assistance program.

Food pantries in Lane County are asking for more donations as they prepare for a potential lapse of SNAP benefits next month.

One in six Oregonians receives SNAP benefits. If the government shutdown continues, many are unsure how they’ll get by.

Federal cuts to food assistance programs are making times tough for regional food banks and the people who rely on them.

Oregonians in rural areas with weaker job markets will no longer be exempt from SNAP’s work requirement.

Democrats on a U.S. House subcommittee on food and nutrition policy warned Tuesday that big changes to the major federal nutrition assistance program in Republicans’ spending and tax cuts law this year will lead some states to cut benefits.

Health care and food assistance for low-income Oregonians will take the brunt of the impact.