Gov. Mike Braun rolled out a sweeping health and government assistance initiative Tuesday, backed by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Read MoreGroups fighting hunger in Indiana said they are deeply concerned about proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other nutritional benefits, saying the cuts could impede their progress.
Read MoreBy Ashley Murrray Indiana Capital Chronicle WASHINGTON — The roundtables, listening sessions and appearances at farm shows have largely wrapped up and lawmakers tasked with reauthorizing the nation’s agriculture and nutrition programs are comparing notes and beginning to draft the massive, multi-year farm bill. The 2018 version expires … Read More
The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will reduce benefits by almost $90 per person at the end of March, but the change does not apply to Indiana, which is causing some confusion.
Read MoreAfter two years of receiving free school lunches, thousands of Hoosier families will have to pay for them again this fall, including at dozens of Indiana schools that could continue offering free food but choose not to.
Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration recently announced that more than 152,000 Indiana households will receive additional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits when April distributions begin Sunday, April 5. The additional funds are intended to help Hoosiers obtain food and support for their families while Indiana responds … Read More
There will be a temporary outage of the Hoosier Works Electronic Benefits Transfer system beginning at 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, as the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration moves its business from JPMorgan Chase to Xerox. Hoosier Works is the system Indiana uses to deliver Supplemental Nutritional … Read More
Republican Jackie Walorski announced that at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, she will chair her first congressional subcommittee meeting. Walorski, a member of the House Committee on Agriculture, will take the gavel and convene the first hearing of the Subcommittee on Nutrition. During the hearing, members will be … Read More
