Apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, otherwise known as food stamps, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, which provides cash assistance, at the Department of Human Services office in the county in which you live (see link in the Resources section to find the office in...
At 18 percent, a higher percentage of Mississippi families receives SNAP, or food stamp, benefits than any state in the nation. The national average is 13 percent. Earlier this month, the Mississippi Department of Health and Human Services announced that SNAP benefits for February would go out ...
On Aug. 15, under the direction of Reeves, the state stopped accepting applications for federal rent aid related to the pandemic (Three days later, the Justice Departmentannouncedthat a Mississippi woman tried to defraud the program with fake applications). Reeves was alsoone of the first governo...