Indiana will begin testing a new program next week that will allow some Hoosiers to use their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits for grocery delivery.

Indiana will step up the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, with the addition of a new benefit to deliver groceries to vulnerable people.

According to Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration, about 600,000 children qualify for the pandemic-related benefit.

Normally, about 1 in 5 people have state assistance. Applications have increased 75 percent since mid-March, state officials reported Monday.

Indiana is making two significant changes to its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, often called food stamps.

Many Hoosiers who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will see a temporary increase in the amount they receive starting this month.

Indiana lawmakers are trying to ensure low-income families whose children get a paid internship arent penalized when it comes to government benefits.

The Trump administration is cutting off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for about 700,000 Americans, but U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says Hoosiers won't be affected.

The state's Family and Social Services Administration says the U.S. Department of Agriculture informed it that those benefits must be distributed Wednesday as a one-time early benefit due to the ongoing government shutdown.

The USDA will use money from a continuing resolution to pay for February food assistance.