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Oklahoma News

SNAP benefits could be cut off on Nov. 1. Here are some things you need to know

Anna Pope

About 685,000 people in Oklahoma use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to purchase groceries.

Gov. Kevin Stitt, center, helps to pack boxes at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma on Oct. 29, 2025, with his chief of staff Donelle Harder, right, and Jeffery Cartmell, director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, left.

Health

Food banks prepare to fill gap for Oklahomans

Emma Murphy

Oklahoma governor says the state’s ‘rainy day fund’ won’t be used yet.

Muskogee resident Alyssa Raigoza, left, receives bags of food from Deborah Carment, the food pantry coordinator at the local First United Methodist Church, April 13, 2023. Food recipients line-up outside the church in their cars and have the produce items handed to them in a matter of minutes.

Health

Another relief program’s end returns some Oklahomans to food insecurity

Oklahoma Watch

The end to pandemic emergency relief food benefits has created a domino effect — longer pantry lines and limited stock on food bank shelves.

Boxes of produce are available to shoppers at The Urban Mission food pantry in Oklahoma City, which qualifies for donations from the USDA.

Oklahoma News

Oklahoma Food Banks Are Flush, But Choices Limited At Many Pantries

Oklahoma Watch

Food intake doubled at Oklahoma’s food banks over the past year – the result of a short-term federal program designed to buy up products from farmers who…