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 ...

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 ...

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.

July 25 marked the final day on the job for Kristi Putnam as head of the Arkansas Department of Human Services.She's stepped ...

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.

In Arkansas, almost 20,000 new applications for SNAP benefits were taken in February. In the first 10 days of April, almost 20,000 applications were taken.

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