SNAP Archives - San Antonio Report

The Tobin Center on Wednesday evening.

New Tobin Center program offers discounted tickets to SNAP and WIC recipients

by Nicholas Frank February 19, 2024February 19, 2024

A new initiative by the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts aims to make arts programming accessible to more people in San Antonio. The Arts for All program will offer $10 — and sometimes free — tickets available to beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, […]

Lisette Medina prepares a popcorn snack for her daughter Estephanie Ochoa, 5, Monday at their home. A packet of pork chops that her sister bought for her family thaws on the countertop, which Medina will prepare for dinner later.

As Bexar County families navigate food insecurity, Metro Health hopes to turn the tide

by Raquel Torres January 24, 2024January 25, 2024

Mercedes Bristol, 68, executive director of Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, left, and her youngest grandson, Paul Chavez, 12, hold each other in their front yard in San Antonio on June 16, 2023. Bristol is the primary caretaker of her five grandchildren, including Paul, who is the youngest. “We’re called the invisible foster care, the hidden foster care, nobody knows about this group of people that are raising grandchildren,” Bristol said.

Texas lowers barrier for food stamps, but many still won’t qualify

by Noah Alcala Bach, The Texas Tribune June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

An estimated 290,000 Bexar County residents will see their pandemic-relief benefits drop drastically following the Biden Administration's decision to end the national COVID-19 emergency declarations.

Formerly incarcerated Texans deserve better access to SNAP benefits

by Alexander Testa April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

Extra food assistance cushioned the early pandemic’s blow on kids’ mental health

by Grace Melo, Pourya Valizadeh and Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr. March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

An estimated 290,000 Bexar County residents will see their pandemic-relief benefits drop drastically following the Biden Administration's decision to end the national COVID-19 emergency declarations.

Bexar County residents will lose $27.5 million in pandemic-related food benefits

by Raquel Torres March 1, 2023March 2, 2023

Karen Martinez, 12, clings to her mother Blanca Blanco's arm while getting the Pfizer vaccine administered by University of the Incarnate Word nursing student Jacob Zuniga in 2021. UIW partnered with the City of San Antonio to reach families who still haven't been vaccinated.

End of federal COVID emergency will hit poor populations hardest

by Raquel Torres February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

North East, Edgewood schools to offer free meals to all students in 2021-22

by Brooke Crum July 21, 2021July 21, 2021

Texans Can Use Food Stamps to Order From Amazon, Walmart

by Lindsey Carnett May 18, 2020May 18, 2020

H-E-B employees and customers interact at the checkout lanes. Photo by Scott Ball.

Proposed Changes to SNAP Program Would Hit Low-Income Texans Hard

by Roseanna Garza September 12, 2019September 11, 2019