Arkansas has shed roughly 35% of the individuals, and approximately 23% of the households, on its SNAP rolls since FY 2018, ...

Arkansas will be on the hook for millions of dollars in additional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding starting ...

Increased scams aimed at defrauding food assistance recipients prompted the Arkansas Department of Human Services to create a ...

After recent reports of scammers stealing people's SNAP funds, the Arkansas Department of Human Services has launched a site ...

The Arkansas Department of Human Services has launched a website to help combat SNAP fraud and has advised SNAP recipients to ...

By the numbers: As of April, 122,708 households in Arkansas were on SNAP. The state received about $40.8 million per month in federal SNAP benefits in the past year, Arkansas DHS spokesperson ...

Thieves have stolen SNAP benefits from people in Arkansas, according to Kate Jenkins with Arkansas Foodbank.The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) says stolen SNAP benefits cannot be ...

There are about 500,000 Arkansans receiving SNAP benefits right now. The new requirements pertain to those 18 to 49 years of age without children.

In Arkansas, SNAP is distributed from Sept. 4 to Sept. 13, according to the program’s fiscal year schedule, which started on Oct. 1, 2022, and ends on Sept. 30, 2023.

For instance, Arkansas, despite having the seventh-highest poverty rate, has one of the lowest SNAP participation rates (7.8%), in part due to stricter eligibility requirements.