H.R. 1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law last July, changes the work requirements for the federal food ...

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

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

The Republican Study Committee has proposed ending all non-citizen eligibility for SNAP.

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

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.

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

Some SNAP recipients say they do not know if they will meet the new requirements month to month.

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents are expected to be pushed out of the federal food assistance program for people ...

A new tool that will help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients with opportunities that will satisfy federal work and reporting requirements across the state, the Department of ...

As more people lose SNAP benefits because of the work requirements, they could be pushed deeper into the cycles of poverty ...