CIS data: 59% of illegal-headed homes use welfare, 48% hit food programs. Shutdown risks $9B SNAP gap while Texas banks prep for surge.

HOUSTON (KIAH) — Bethel’s Heavenly Hands is one of the many food distribution sites and partners with the Houston Food Bank. During SNAP benefit cuts, non-profits are standing together to help fill the need.

This new facility is set to triple the number of meals provided to Houston's children in need, expanding from 10,000 to a potential 26,000 meals a day by 2031.

Vehicles started lining up at the Texans’ NRG Stadium before dawn as the Houston Food Bank launched a large-scale “supersite” to distribute food to families worried about the future of federal SNAP assistance.

While the USDA’s notice focuses on maintaining equal treatment among shoppers, state-level changes to SNAP are also on the horizon. Texas and several other states are preparing to restrict purchases of certain “junk food” and soft drinks with SNAP benefits beginning in 2026.

Teare called food insecurity one of the largest crime drivers in the world during a press conference on Monday, which came as the Trump administration said it would only restore partial food benefits to SNAP recipients in November.

It was a group effort on Saturday afternoon with all three phases of the game making an impact en route to West Virginia's upset win over No. 22 Houston. The fi