The USDA has denied Iowa’s plan to opt out of the summer Expanded Benefits food program and instead distribute food boxes to food-insecure children. The state will reapply for the waiver under ...

The USDA is criticizing the governor’s proposed alternative to providing federal food assistance next summer to low-income households with children. Governor Kim Reynolds did not sign Iowa up ...

The USDA’s decision to cut $1 billion worth of food aid is causing layoffs, supply shortfalls, and the end of donations at charitable groups across the country — all as hunger continues to climb ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied Iowa’s proposed plan to provide boxes of food to low-income households with children next summer rather than participate in the federal food benefits ...