/tags/snap SNAP en-US Copyright Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:36:56 GMT /NM-New-Mexico-HCA-health-care-authority-trying-to-cover-federal-SNAP-food-stamp-reductions-cuts Federal cuts to food assistance through the budget reconciliation bill, better known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” put more than 450,000 New Mexicans at risk seeing their benefits drop by more than 20%, or losing their assistance altogether. But, state officials say they’ll do everything they can to fill gaps left by those federal cuts. Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:36:56 GMT /NM-New-Mexico-HCA-health-care-authority-trying-to-cover-federal-SNAP-food-stamp-reductions-cuts Daniel Montaño /local-news/2025-08-04/nm-college-students-food-insecurity-rise Food insecurity among New Mexico's college students could rise due to changes in the nation's food assistance program. Mon, 04 Aug 2025 23:43:45 GMT /local-news/2025-08-04/nm-college-students-food-insecurity-rise Roz Brown /local-news/2024-10-01/new-mexico-medicaid-snap-backlogs Lawmakers heard an update on New Mexico’s social safety net programs during a committee hearing recently and the presenters had plenty of good news about clearing long waiting lists Tue, 01 Oct 2024 21:40:53 GMT /local-news/2024-10-01/new-mexico-medicaid-snap-backlogs Daniel Montaño /local-news/2023-04-21/nm-aligns-medicaid-and-snap-renewal-dates-amid-effort-to-prevent-coverage-gaps The state Human Services Department is urging New Mexicans who’ve gotten used to not having to renew their Medicaid coverage to not let it lapse. Since the renewal deadlines vary, the state has aligned them with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for those who receive both benefits. Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-04-21/nm-aligns-medicaid-and-snap-renewal-dates-amid-effort-to-prevent-coverage-gaps Nash Jones /local-news/2023-04-20/the-last-of-a-pandemic-boost-to-food-aid-for-nms-youngest-children-begins As the federal public health emergency comes to end on May 11, so do expanded food and nutrition benefits. The New Mexico Human Services Department started issuing the last of the pandemic-era boost for children under 6 years old this week. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-04-20/the-last-of-a-pandemic-boost-to-food-aid-for-nms-youngest-children-begins Nash Jones /local-news/2023-03-03/governor-extends-nm-public-health-emergency-for-the-last-time New Mexico is one of just five states that has kept its COVID-19 public health emergency order in effect. It was set to expire Friday but the governor announced it will stay in place for the rest of the month — the last of 41 extensions since March, 2020. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 23:05:38 GMT /local-news/2023-03-03/governor-extends-nm-public-health-emergency-for-the-last-time Nash Jones /news/2021-03-10/more-mountain-west-college-students-are-eligible-for-snap-during-the-pandemic Most students enrolled half-time or more in college typically aren't eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), sometimes known as… Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:20:32 GMT /news/2021-03-10/more-mountain-west-college-students-are-eligible-for-snap-during-the-pandemic /local-news/2020-04-21/ynmg-covid-checking-for-those-checks Episode 47 is all about this relief money folks have been promised. Where's that unemployment? That stimulus money? That small business relief? That food… Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:22:31 GMT /local-news/2020-04-21/ynmg-covid-checking-for-those-checks Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona /local-news/2020-01-27/lets-talk-food-assistance-and-work-requirements Let's Talk New Mexico 1/30 8a: State officials say 37,000 people will lose their eligibility for federal food assistance after the Trump administration… Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:41:02 GMT /local-news/2020-01-27/lets-talk-food-assistance-and-work-requirements ty bannerman /public-health-new-mexico/2019-08-13/new-immigration-rule-could-affect-42-000-new-mexicans The Trump administration has issued a new rule that could deny visas and green cards to some immigrants if they use government assistance programs like… Tue, 13 Aug 2019 23:40:37 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-08-13/new-immigration-rule-could-affect-42-000-new-mexicans May Ortega