The removal of soda from West Virginia's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin at the start of the new year.

People in the Mountain State will no longer be able to buy soda with SNAP starting January 2026. According to a press release ...

West Virginia’s plan to stop Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits from being used to purchase soda will cost ...

The state has now shared when soda drinks will no longer be available to be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds.

Bureau for Family Assistance (BFA) has received federal approval to implement a new restriction on the purchase of soda using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The waiver ...

West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy senior policy outreach director Seth DiStefano isn't so sure the Make America ...

Earlier this summer, though, state officials split soda and hot food into separate waiver requests. This week, in an ...

For years, SNAP has used taxpayer dollars to fund soda and candy — products that fuel America’s diabetes and chronic disease epidemics,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

West Virginia’s waiver request has acknowledged a possible cost to institute the changes to be be passed along to the state’s ...

CHARLESTON — Federal officials have officially signed off on West Virginia’s request to end subsidies for sugary drinks for ...