Under the new requirements, more individuals will be considered “able-bodied adults” capable of working at least 20 hours ...

Changes to both the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid passed in July 2025 as part of the One Big ...

Understand the new 80-hour monthly work requirement for SNAP benefits. Learn who is exempt, what counts as work activity, and ...

More Illinois residents will have work requirements to qualify for SNAP starting Sunday under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

More than 300,000 Illinoisians who receive SNAP benefits could be affected, according to officials from the Illinois Department of Human Services.

People showed up to a pantry in Englewood today to receive food and to get clarity about SNAP changes that begin Feb. 1.

Our children, our aging parents, and our neighbors deserve better. Let’s demand that Congress reverse these harmful rules.

Illinois SNAP recipient Kenny Robinson has been volunteering at the Bread of Life Food Pantry at Chosen Tabernacle Church in ...

Starting Feb 1, 2026, SNAP work requirements expand to age 64. Learn who is affected, what counts as work, and how to avoid ...

The requirements change which recipients must work or volunteer and how often ...

The new work rules for the federal food assistance program start Feb. 1 in Illinois, with state officials estimating that as many as 400,000 residents could be pushed out of the program.

The new work rules were among the changes to SNAP that the U.S. Department of Agriculture asked all states to begin enforcing ...