A federal judge blocked the Department of Agriculture from sharing the personal data of SNAP applicants in 21 states and Washington, D.C.

Code For America has published diagrams designed to aid states as they process safety net benefits under new work reporting rules.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sued Gov. Laura Kelly over her refusal to share the personal data of 730,000 SNAP recipients with the federal government.

Proposed cuts to food assistance threaten not only to harm food-insecure people, but deprive food banks of valuable data they need to serve their communities.

Advocacy groups are asking financial services providers to refuse the federal government’s request to share the sensitive personal information of SNAP users.

The Missouri Department of Social Services announced plans to adopt SteadyIQ, a service that simplifies the process of income verification, especially for gig workers.

Pennsylvania is among the first wave of states to begin reimbursing stolen SNAP benefits using federal funding approved last December.

Washington state officials said fewer people used their produce vouchers before the state added Amazon Access as a partner.

Code for America named New York, New Mexico, Maryland and the District of Columbia to participate in its Safety Net Innovation Lab initiative.

The National Accuracy Clearinghouse has been a long time coming, but it may pose challenges to states and counties with few staff.