Puerto Rico’s block grant food assistance program already doesn’t stretch enough to meet the needs of its recipients.

The federal government provided additional food stamp aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017, but Congress missed the deadline for reauthorization in March as it focused on other issues ...

More than three weeks after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, food, water, medicine and electricity remain scarce throughout the island.

Lower-income Americans generally get food assistance from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but Puerto Rico was cut out of that system — then known as food stamps — in 1981.

But with cuts starting, Puerto Rico has returned to paying $410 a month for a family of four on food stamp benefits, or about 40 percent less than that received by U.S. families, a spokesman for ...

Puerto Rico faces food-stamp crisis as Trump privately vents about federal aid to Hurricane Maria-battered island March 25, 2019 More than 6 years ago ...

Despite approval this month from Congress and President Trump, Puerto Rico has not begun receiving $600 million in food stamp aid. That means less money for Myrna Izquierdo, who runs an HIV clinic ...

"If we're giving free water and food, that means that families are not going to supermarkets to buy," De La Campa said. "It is affecting the economy of Puerto Rico. So we need to create a balance.

NY to provide additional aid to Puerto Rico after hurricane Fiona, sending emergency food assistance By Katherine Lavacca, WABC Friday, November 11, 2022 ...

Colón-Ramos and her group analyzed 10 days' worth of food shipments found at a FEMA distribution center in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, six weeks after Hurricane Maria hit.

The Trump administration has not sent $600 million in emergency food stamp aid to Puerto Rico two weeks after President Donald Trump approved the funds, and the US territory does not expect to ...