Illinois taxpayers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions in food subsidies if the state’s error rate isn’t cleaned up ...

New legislation will reduce SNAP benefits for eligible Illinois residents and tighten eligibility requirements. An estimated ...

President Donald Trump signed the reconciliation bill into law on July 4, making sweeping changes to social services programs, including Medicaid. Among the programs being revamped is the Supplemental ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s [SNAP] education program, SNAP-Ed, will come to an end in Illinois, according ...

Republicans are working to pass major federal cost cuts to the program, which provides monthly benefits to for some 40 million Americans.

More than 1.8 million Illinoisians received $4.7 billion of SNAP benefits in FY25, according to the state. If Illinois must pay 15% of the cost of benefits, it could leave the state on the hook ...

Natasha McClendon had $20 in her bank account and a bag of chicken in her fridge. It wasn’t going to be enough to feed her three daughters, her husband and herself, which meant it was time to take her ...

If current trends continue, Illinois will have to pay 15% of the total SNAP benefit costs, which, according to the governor’s office, would be $705 million a year.

The changes could leave 360,000 people in Illinois at risk of losing eligibility, ... About 1.9 million people were using SNAP in Illinois as of March 2025, according to the USDA.