SNAP rule change expands work mandate for parents, older adults — and veterans

Food stamp recipients are now receiving their November benefits, but a growing swath of enrollees may soon lose their vital food ***** istance completely.
At the same time as the government shutdown disrupted the Supplemental Nutrition ***** istance Program, or SNAP, states began implementing an expansion of the program’s work requirements as mandated in the Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill,” which was signed into law by President Donald Trump this summer.
Under the GOP package, more food stamp enrollees will