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 the hurricane, but Congress missed the deadline for reauthorization in March as it focused on other issues before ...

Puerto Rico's governor is asking Washington for billions more in emergency relief, as residents try to put their lives back together but many are angry and frustrated because aid distribution is slow.

Puerto Rico has started cutting benefits paid out by a food-stamp program used by more than 1 million of its residents, as federal lawmakers have not provided the island with additional emergency ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program, the U.S. territory's version of food stamps, has run out of the $900 million that Congress has ...

After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in September of 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began distributing emergency food. An analysis of 10 consecutive days of federal food aid ...

Charlie Anderle of the Queer Kitchen Brigade writes positive messages like Fuerza, meaning "strength" in Spanish, on Oct. 27, 2017, on jars that were distributed to people in Puerto Rico after ...

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 ...