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

It’s left Puerto Rico in a situation where a lower-income family of four has to survive on about $551 in food aid per month, which is about the same amount that a mainland family of two gets ...

"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.

FEMA began distributing food within a week of Hurricane Maria’s touchdown on Sept. 20, 2017. The agency says more than 57 million meals have been delivered to Puerto Rico as of Jan. 23, 2018.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Charlie Anderle of the Queer Kitchen Brigade writes positive messages like Fuerza, meaning "strength" in Spanish, on Oct. 27, 2017, on jars that were distributed to people in Puerto Rico after ...

Despite approval this month from Congress and President Trump, Puerto Rico has not begun receiving $600 million in food stamp aid. That means less money for Myrna Izquierdo, who runs an HIV clinic ...

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

Puerto Rico faces food-stamp crisis as Trump privately vents about federal aid to Hurricane Maria-battered island March 25, 2019 More than 6 years ago ...