Lisa Hamler-Fugitt

The largest increase in 46 years is coming to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as Food Stamps. We’ll learn how the food stamp program has changed and continues to serve as a safety net for individuals and families.

Low-income Ohioans who rely on food stamps will soon find it a little easier to feed their families.

Leaders of Ohio’s food banks are thankful because controversial changes that made it harder for Ohioans to get food assistance were removed from the state budget.

Advocates for low-income Ohioans are urging lawmakers to take what they call a harmful provision out of the state budget bill. An amendment added by the Senate would impose asset limits for people using federal assistance for groceries, often referred to as food stamps.

The pandemic hit Ohio one year ago. Since then it has upended everyday life. For some, that has meant working or learning from home.But for those already…

Social service advocates are criticizing an Ohio bill that would toughen eligibility for food stamps and Medicaid benefits.Beefed up monitoring of changes…

Unemployment and financial problems from the pandemic have brought millions of people to food banks, which are serving 150,000 more Ohioans per month than…

A long, socially-distanced line winds outside the Salvation Army in Marion. “Currently we’re doing a food giveaway, and there’s at least 55 or 75 people…

The Ohio National Guard will soon have to end its pandemic-related missions, including its first assignment in the coronavirus crisis, helping 12 Ohio…

Leaders in the Ohio Senate had a last-minute change of heart on a bill, SB165, to require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cards to…