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Iowa House panel advances bill to limit SNAP-eligible foods to healthy options
The Iowa House Health and Human Services Committee voted 14-6 to advance a bill that would allocate $1 million to the Double ...
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Iowa bill would fund more food aid — but only if many products left out
The appropriation in the Iowa House legislation would be contingent on the U.S. Department of Agriculture approving a waiver ...
USA Today15d
Anti-hunger advocates challenge bill that would limit food choices for Iowa SNAP recipients
Johnson said. The bill requires the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to request a federal waiver that limits the foods available to SNAP recipients to: The bill says the eligible foods ...
Iowa farmers hit hard by USDA's sudden end to food programs
Iowa farmers are grappling with severe challenges following the U.S. Department of Agriculture's abrupt cancellation of an ...
Quad-City Times13d
Iowa bill would fund Double Up Food Bucks program only if some foods excluded from SNAP
The program has been running since 2016, but so far has only received funding through private donations ... Phil Jeneary with ...
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Iowa House bill would limit SNAP food eligibility
An Iowa bill promises to fund the Double Up Food Bucks program, but only if the list of eligible foods under the Supplemental ...
Des Moines Register29d
Food Bank of Iowa gets major egg donation as cost of eggs limits what's on its shelves
Grocery stores aren't the only ones hurting from rising egg prices. So is the Food Bank of Iowa. But the organization serving about half of the state's 99 counties said it caught a "lucky break ...
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Iowa House panel advances bill to limit SNAP-eligible foods to healthy options
DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ... if federal food assistance for Iowans is limited to healthy food purchases only. Most food insecurity groups opposed the bill and urged lawmakers ...