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About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of the month.

Around 1.4 million Ohio residents receive a total of $264 million in SNAP benefits every month. That breaks down to a monthly average of $190 in SNAP benefits per person.

If you are a SNAP recipient, WVXU has compiled a list of where to find help throughout the Tri-State region.

The USDA will not tap into its reserves to keep SNAP operating during the government shutdown.

Hamilton County commissioners Tuesday heard from social service leaders about the implications of the ongoing government shutdown, including potential impacts on food and housing aid.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday that more than 600,000 Kentuckians rely on the benefits.

A Feeding America lobbyist breaks down how cuts to SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) in Trump's "big, beautiful bill" could increase hunger in Ohio.

Indiana is part of a national wave of nearly a dozen Republican-led states seeking restrictions in the program.

Paul held a wide-ranging conversation with roughly two dozen Northern Kentucky elected leaders, touching on tariffs, cuts to federal funding, and proposed changes to programs like SNAP, Medicare, and Social Security.

"SUN Bucks," the first new permanent federal nutrition assistance program in over 50 years, gives eligible families $120 per child in school, issued onto an Ohio Direction Card.