Puerto Rico’s block grant food assistance program already doesn’t stretch enough to meet the needs of its recipients.

The federal government provided additional food stamp aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017, but Congress missed the deadline for reauthorization in March as it focused on other issues ...

The federal government provided additional food stamp aid to Puerto Rico after the hurricane, but Congress missed the deadline for reauthorization in March as it focused on other issues before ...

But with cuts starting, Puerto Rico has returned to paying $410 a month for a family of four on food stamp benefits, or about 40 percent less than that received by U.S. families, a spokesman for ...

There’s a lot of stuff going on in Puerto Rico that people don’t know about. I just got word in Aguadilla, there’s no water, no food, no cash no nothing,” said Pito Cortez.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of Puerto Ricans were finally getting water and food rations Friday as an aid bottleneck began to ease, but many remained cut off from the basic ...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program, the U.S. territory's version of food stamps, has run out of the $900 million that Congress has ...

The Trump administration has not sent $600 million in emergency food stamp aid to Puerto Rico two weeks after President Donald Trump approved the funds, and the US territory does not expect to ...

"If we're giving free water and food, that means that families are not going to supermarkets to buy," De La Campa said. "It is affecting the economy of Puerto Rico. So we need to create a balance.

More than three weeks after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, food, water, medicine and electricity remain scarce throughout the island.

Colón-Ramos and her group analyzed 10 days' worth of food shipments found at a FEMA distribution center in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, six weeks after Hurricane Maria hit.