Betty Bernhart, with The Red Hook Initiative, said they've had nearly 50 people over the last two weeks seek help for stolen benefits, totaling $23,788.80. Patrick Mahomes reacts to Trump ...

With a rise in reported cases of theft of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) is urging people to take extra precautions to ...

A Houston mother abandoned her cart full of groceries at the checkout counter after discovering thieves had drained her family’s SNAP benefits.

And she believes the need may have increased due to the surge in reports of ... increase in reports of stolen SNAP benefits Amid nationwide reports of theft, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

The total number of SNAP thefts nationwide since mid-2023 has reached almost 700,000, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

SNAP benefit theft is a pervasive issue—in the final quarter of 2024, there were nearly 147,000 approved claims for stolen benefits nationwide, amounting to $69 million being paid back.

For many New Yorkers, a declined credit card at the grocery store is a fleeting inconvenience. But for the people we serve on public assistance, a declined Electronic Benefits Transfer card can ...

The theft of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known as SNAP benefits or food stamps, jumped from $132,455 in the 2023 fiscal year to $2,584,662 in FY 2024, according to ...

The residents allege the state isn’t doing enough to protect benefits to which they’re entitled under federal law.

Theft of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits ballooned widely in fiscal year 2024, a jump of over $3 million from the year prior, when $132,000 was stolen. Officials say so ...