Posts in tag SNAP

Iowa's leadership for refugees at stake in Senate

Posted on June 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM by Mike Owen

The SNAP debate in Washington is a reminder of Iowans' long history of offering refuge and care for people in...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Family support & well-being, Federal policy, Food security

Tagged As: Immigration, Refugees, SNAP

Posted on March 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM by Mike Owen

So, you think that was a big battle last week over avoiding a federal shutdown? You haven’t seen anything. The...

Categories: Budget & taxes, Federal policy

Tagged As: Federal budget, Federal deficits and debt, Federal taxes, Medicaid, SNAP

Posted on January 17, 2024 at 7:13 PM by Anne Discher

Making sure low-income families can feed their kids is important whether school is in session or out. The evidence of...

Categories: Family support & well-being, Food security, Health

Tagged As: Poverty, SNAP

Posted on April 3, 2023 at 8:27 PM by Mike Owen

SNAP and Medicaid not only boost low-income families with federal funds, but local and state economies as well. That's one...

Categories: Food security, Health

Tagged As: CHIP, Hawki, Medicaid, SNAP

Posted on April 23, 2020 at 2:50 PM by Anne Discher

In the last few weeks I’ve had podcast conversations with colleagues at food pantries around the state (listen to this...

Categories: Covid-19, Food security

Tagged As: Medicaid, Poverty, SNAP