Advocates say the federal government’s new work requirements and immigration crackdown has limited food stamp participation. The state says the recent decline is part of normal fluctuations in enrollment.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday ordered states to send full SNAP benefits “promptly.”

A San Antonio woman has told neighbors and KSAT Investigates to mind their own business after concerns were raised about the care of elderly people living in two unlicensed care homes she owns in the same North Side neighborhood.

So far, nine HHSC employees have been fired for accessing without a “business” purpose the private information of Texans seeking public assistance that includes Medicaid and food stamps.

Some children who receive private duty nursing, a more continuous type of medical care in their homes, could lose their ability to live at home if an HHSC rule change goes into effect.

Texas has booted the most people from Medicaid of any state in the country. A majority of those removed lost their health insurance coverage because of procedural reasons.

According to Texas Health and Human Services, there were 1,672 fentanyl-related overdoses in 2021.

Abbott diverted the funds to add to his effort to send National Guard to the Texas-Mexico border, currently known as Operation Lone Star.

A San Antonio nonprofit for pregnant women and young parents that instead used money on a West Side smoke shop and out of state trips is among the biggest recipients of funding from the state program that backs it, records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.

Photos taken of Richard Isenhour by River City staff show his emaciated state shortly before he was taken to a hospital. Another patient, identified in state records as Resident #1, was left alone in a room for 5-10 minutes after nurses thought they had stabilized him. The man later died, HHSC records confirm. A new outdoor air conditioning compressor-condenser unit was installed July 6, state records show. Six other nursing homes in Bexar County have had more residents die of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic than River City, HHSC records show.

SAN ANTONIO City officials confirmed Thursday the East Side nursing home designated earlier this year to house COVID-19 positive patients has reduced its number of residents. We understand that HHSC (Health and Human Services Commission) remains on site doing intensive work with River City. The facility has intentionally reduced the number of residents it is serving so they can provide attentive care to a smaller number of patients. Seven residents at River City have died from COVID-19 complications since the start of the pandemic. River City was one of two San Antonio nursing homes chosen in April to house COVID-19 positive patients.