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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Economy / Health

New income guidelines to allow more Alabamians to qualify for WIC

The updated thresholds expand access to nutrition benefits, breastfeeding support and health education for pregnant women, new parents and young children.
June 3, 2026

Thieves targeting food stamp recipients via text messages

The Alabama Department of Human Resources on Wednesday warned the public that thieves are targeting people who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit cards, commonly known as food stamps, through text messages.  The text messages typically request personal information, including Social Security numbers, bank account numbers and SNAP electronic benefits transfer card or PIN numbers, … Continued
September 17, 2020

Pandemic EBT benefits begin rolling out to eligible Alabama students

The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) announced on Wednesday that Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) benefits were received by more than 115,000 Alabama households over the weekend in Phase 1 of the multi-phase rollout. P-EBT benefits are being provided to households that have children in grades K-12 who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school … Continued
May 7, 2020

Nearly a third of all children living in rural Alabama suffer food insecurity

Hunger and food insecurity continue to plague Alabama’s children. In some countries, 30 percent of the state’s most vulnerable citizens, its children, suffer food insecurity according to Urban.org. Nearly a third of Alabama’s children in some counties go to bed hungry, wake up hungry and live their lives without adequate food, a cycle that repeats … Continued
October 28, 2019