Veterans, people aging out of foster care, and parents of teenagers are just a few of the groups who will face dire consequences from work requirements for people receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, that are taking effect for several states across the country on Sunday, February 1.
Expected to impact millions of Americans and cause around two million recipients to stop receiving benefits altogether, these changes stem from President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” that passed in July. The GOP bill will reduce SNAP funding by approximately $186 billion over 10 years—a cut of around 20 percent.
SNAP currently helps provide food to more than 42 million Americans each month—more than two–thirds of whom are elderly, disabled, or children. To qualify for SNAP, households must be at or below 130 percent of the poverty line —which, as of 2026, stands at $15,960 for a single person, $27,320 for a three-person household, and $38,680 for a five-person household.
Starting Sunday, February 1, in several states around the country able-bodied individuals between the ages of 18 and 65 without dependents must be working or attending a work program for 80 hours or more per month to receive benefits. Before the GOP bill’s passage, the age limit for work requirements was 55. And, while parents and household members with dependents under the age of 18 were previously exempt from the requirements, moving forward those exceptions will only apply to families with dependents under the age of 14.
Hey, it’s cool, everybody.
You get to have food insecurity, but Donvict gets to have a ballroom, talk about building an arch, and send goons in to kidnap people as young as 2 years old and disappeared.
The “poverty line” is so low too, that needs to be raised to be much higher and help more people!
And, while parents and household members with dependents under the age of 18 were previously exempt from the requirements, moving forward those exceptions will only apply to families with dependents under the age of 14.
Man, I bet we’re saving so much money by cutting back those 4 years
The idea is clear - your kids should literally be working from the moment they hit 14. There’s been a bunch of labor law rollbacks on child labor for just this reason.
You’re getting the mines either way, better start yearning
All the more lucre for his rich oligarchs, and his pockets.
