Pennsylvanians who receive public benefits now can lock their electronic benefit transfer card when they’re not using it to prevent theft of benefits. The cards, referred to as EBT, are used for ...

A new report found a steep increase in the theft of SNAP benefits, drawing attention to the need for systemic security protections to help fight benefit theft.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration has started notifying Massachusetts retailers to prepare for this upcoming change by updating their Point-of-Sale (POS) system to accept the new chip and/or tap EBT ...

DHS Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh, center, announced this week that DHS and the Office of State Inspector General launched a new security feature that allows Pennsylvanians who receive public benefits to ...

Benefits have been a topic of discussion in our nation's capital as lawmakers worked on a budget plan to curb government spending. This included suspending more than $1 billion in USDA funding. Some ...

Stolen funds from EBT cards are a consistent problem, and a consistent concern among SNAP benefit holders. The state is giving card users the ability to lock their card after each use to help prevent ...

PUEBLO, Colo. (KOAA) — A Pueblo woman discovered that her nearly $900 in SNAP benefits fraudulently spent across multiple Colorado stores at the beginning of January. These unauthorized transactions ...

ATLANTA — A security feature designed to protect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in Georgia from rampant benefit fraud is going largely unused, even as theft reports ...