According to DHHS, 300 Maine households have been affected, resulting in $76,000 in lost benefits. John, a lifelong ...

Roughly $76,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have been stolen from approximately 300 Maine households this week, according to the state's Department of Health and Human ...

So far this week, about 300 households have lost approximately $76,000 in benefits. That figure may rise, however. And the state officials say federal rules prohibit them from replacing stolen ...

An official with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said this is the single largest electronic fraud incident ...

Office for Family Independence Director Ian Yaffe told NEWS CENTER Maine they reached out to the USDA for a waiver, but could ...

The Maine Department of Health and Human services says about $76,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

While this type of fraud has occurred before in other states, 'this is the first time we have seen it at this scale in Maine, ...

Now that trend has come to Maine, with DHHS telling us, more than $76,000 was stolen from families in need. According to data from the USDA, which oversees SNAP, in the first quarter of this year, ...

The Department of Health and Human Services reported theft of SNAP benefits, impacting around 300 Maine households.

SNAP benefits currently average only $6 per person per day. This amount is barely enough, considering the average cost of a meal in Maine rose to $4.19 in 2022. But SNAP is not just about ...

Maine agricultural producers and farmers markets can get equipment at no cost to handle transactions with customers using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits ...