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Researchers Criticize Indiana Plan Excluding Soda, Candy From Snap

InkFreeNews.com Posted Jun 13, 2025  Updated: Jun 12, 2025 @ 4:48 PM

Hoosiers could be prohibited from purchasing soda and candy with their food benefits as early as January, but researchers and retailers question the effectiveness of the move — noting how difficult it could be to implement. 

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Posted in Breaking News, Scheduled Post | Tagged food insecurity, food stamps, Gov. Mike Braun, health and human services, Indiana Grocery and Convenience Store Association, Joe Lackey, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., SNAP, supplemental nutrition assistance program | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Feds Approve Indiana Ban On Soda, Candy From SNAP

InkFreeNews.com Posted May 27, 2025  Updated: May 27, 2025 @ 3:25 PM

Hoosiers will no longer be allowed to purchase candy and soda using taxpayer-funded food assistance, making Indiana the first state to receive a federal waiver for the restriction.

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Posted in Breaking News, Scheduled Post | Tagged Brooke Rollins, federal waiver, Food assistance, Gov. Mike Braun, Make Indiana Healthy Again, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., SNAP, supplemental nutrition assistance program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Health and Human Services | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Task Force Recommends Boosting Food Assistance Access

InkFreeNews.com Posted Nov 16, 2023  Updated: Nov 16, 2023 @ 12:02 PM

An interim land use task force set its sights on food insecurity on Tuesday, Nov. 14 — recommending legislation to make it easier for Hoosiers to qualify for food assistance, fund transportation or delivery for their groceries and more.

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Posted in Archive 2023 | Tagged Feeding America, Food assistance, food insecurity, grocery delivery, supplemental nutrition assistance program, transportation | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Inflation, Benefit Cuts Spur Demand At Indiana Food Banks

InkFreeNews.com Posted Mar 11, 2023  Updated: Mar 10, 2023 @ 5:42 PM

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.

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Posted in Archive 2023, Community | Tagged Emily Weikert Bryant, Feeding America, Feeding Indiana's Hungry, SNAP, supplemental nutrition assistance program | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Kinship Care Above Average In Indiana Despite Financial Burden

InkFreeNews.com Posted Sep 12, 2022  Updated: Sep 12, 2022 @ 1:55 PM

A growing number of adult relatives are raising children who aren’t their own— often grandparents caring for a grandchild — in a family structure known as kinship care. Though it comes with many responsibilities and challenges, one looming obstacle is the financial burden on families providing for additional children.

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Posted in Archive 2022, Community | Tagged Chris Daley, Department of Child Services, Indiana Association of Resources and Child Advocacy, Infant and Children program, Jackie Walorski, kinship care, Rep. Dale DeVon, Rudy Yakym, supplemental nutrition assistance program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Women | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

WIC Outage Planned For This Weekend

InkFreeNews.com Posted Aug 26, 2022  Updated: Aug 26, 2022 @ 4:01 PM

Hoosiers who use supplemental food benefits under the Women, Infants and Children program will be unable to go grocery shopping this weekend and lose any benefits due to expire during that time.

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Posted in Archive 2022, Community | Tagged Community Compass, Indiana 211 Connect, Indiana Department of Health, Medicaid, supplemental nutrition assistance program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, WIC, WIC Connect, WIC Electronic Benefit Transfer, Women Infants and Children, Women Infants and Children program | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Indiana SNAP Payments See Boost From Federal Legislation

InkFreeNews.com Posted Apr 03, 2020  Updated: Apr 3, 2020 @ 9:27 AM

INDIANAPOLIS—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

Posted in Archive 2020 | Tagged coronavirus, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, SNAP, supplemental nutrition assistance program | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

Walorski to Chair First Subcommittee Hearing Tomorrow

InkFreeNews.com Posted Feb 25, 2015  Updated: Feb 25, 2015 @ 5:55 PM

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

Posted in Archive 2015, News Archive 2015 | Tagged congress, Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, Jackie Walorski, SNAP, supplemental nutrition assistance program | | Buy Photos | Contact Author

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