food assistance

Do you or someone you know need a free meal this Thanksgiving? Here's where to find one in Michigan.

As the dispute over food stamp funding drags on, Detroit mom Symone Wilkes has come a long way to stabilize life for herself and her two boys. She’s one of nearly a million and a half Michigan families dealing with the uncertain future of SNAP funding.

First, some clarifications on food aid during the government shutdown, followed by one Michigander SNAP recipient's story. Then, a survivor of a fishing boat's capsizing, caused by the same storm which sunk the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, shares his memory of that day. Plus, Michigan Public's On Hand featured a listener's tale of a supernatural encounter.

The Trump administration says it will provide partial SNAP food assistance payments this month. Some Michigan businesses say they’re bracing for the impact.

SNAP benefits will not be distributed starting November 1 due to the federal government shutdown. Here are some resources if you or someone you know needs food assistance.

SNAP benefits will not be distributed starting November 1 due to the federal government shutdown. Here are some ways you can help provide food assistance in your community.

State Sen. Sylvia Santana didn’t completely write off the possibility of the state temporarily covering funding for SNAP recipients, but she acknowledged it could be an uphill climb.

Michigan is pausing November food assistance payments until further notice, due to the federal government shutdown.

First, some Michiganders are expecting cuts to their food benefits because of funding lapses from government shutdown. Then, a Michigan-born pediatrician's new book details her family's experience with her own daughter's terminal genetic condition.

The program is being continued, even as state health officials are concerned about how proposed federal cuts to SNAP benefits would affect Michiganders.