The Health Divide: New SNAP Work Rules
Expanded SNAP work rules, funding cuts, and a shutdown threat endanger food aid for millions, deepening hunger risks amid inflation and rising costs.
As counties and states scramble to meet a surprise Nov. 1 deadline for enforcing dramatically expanded work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal government is threatening to halt food benefits altogether.
The chaos, confusion, and anxiety across the country are the result of two developments in Washington, D.C. The new work requirements are the first phase of the sweeping cuts to SNAP mandated by the Republican spending bill enacted in July.
The administration told all states last week to stop distributing food benefits for now, citing the government shutdown. Nearly 42 million Americans, including 16 million children, depend on the aid to afford enough to eat.
All this began early this month.
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Author's summary: Millions face hunger risks due to new SNAP rules.
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