Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Cherokee Nation announced Wednesday, Nov. 4, the expansion of the tribe's low-income elderly utility assistance program. Leaders also signed directives to launch new elder nutrition sites.

As the State of Oklahoma stares down a deadline to lower its error rate for federal food benefits, numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show the rate has slightly increased.

Fewer Oklahomans are getting federal assistance to help pay for groceries. Recent numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show a continued decline in participation.