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The Alabama Department of Human Resources is continuing to receive an increased number of fraud reports throughout the state. The agency stresses it's working to process requests for replacement of SNAP benefits stolen from households impacted by EBT card skimming, cloning and similar fraud.

Students at The University of Alabama are celebrating after raising hundreds of thousands of pounds of food during the annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive. The items will go toward providing meals to West Alabamians struggling with food insecurity.

Alabama is heading to Oklahoma to play the Sooners tomorrow. But, that’s not the only football related news today. The totals will soon be announced for the annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive. Students at Alabama and Auburn collect for their local food banks with the winner getting the bragging rights between these cross-state football rivals. High tech is also being used to gather donations.

An annual, friendly competition against The University of Alabama and Auburn University that happens during the seven weeks leading up to the Iron Bowl will soon come to a close. The goal of the two food drives is to see which school can collect more non-perishable food to help those in need.

An annual, friendly competition against The University of Alabama and Auburn University that happens during the seven weeks leading up to the Iron Bowl is back in session. The goal is to see which school can collect more non-perishable food to help those in need.

An annual, friendly competition that helps fight food insecurity in Alabama, while collecting donations for the West Alabama Food Bank, is starting up again. The 31st annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive is kicking off on Oct. 4 at The University of Alabama and runs through Nov. 21.

An Alabama Senate committee voted to set aside money so that the state can reverse course and participate in a federal program that gives summer food assistance to low-income families with school-age children. APR news reported on efforts by the nonprofit group Alabama Arise to urge the public to call lawmakers on the issue.

Advocacy groups are urging Alabama lawmakers to join a federal program that gives summer food assistance to low-income families with school age children. The program called Summer EBT, or Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program, provides families $40 per month for each child receiving free and reduced-price school lunches.

As part of an ongoing effort to combat hunger, the City of Auburn's Dean Road Ceramics Studio and the City of Opelika's Denson Drive Recreation Center will host the 11th annual Opelika-Auburn Empty Bowls Spring of 2024. The event is set for Saturday, April 20, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Some Alabama households will be facing food insecurity in the coming months, as the state decided not to take part in a 2024 summer electronic benefit transfer (EBT) program. The nonprofit Alabama Arise is looking to make change ahead of next summer.