Chicago pantries brace for SNAP cuts: 'I don't know what we're going to do'

‘Not sustainable’: New SNAP work requirements could leave up to 340,000 Illinois residents without enough food

Kenneth Robinson has gotten used to counting dollars and cents at the grocery store. He can afford eggs with the $150 he receives a month in SNAP benefits, so they stay in his cart. Ground beef or fish, on the other hand, may have to go back on the shelf after he counts prices in line, the 61-year-old Englewood resident said. “I struggled most of my life. A lot of things are too high, out of my budget,” Robinson said Monday morning at a news con…

New SNAP work rules leave unemployed Englewood man and thousands of others at risk

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.

Chicago pantries brace for SNAP cuts: 'I don't know what we're going to do'

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

New SNAP eligibility rules take effect Feb. 1. Here's the major change

Beginning Feb. 1, some SNAP recipients will be required to work or volunteer a minimum of 80 hours per month.

Changes to SNAP benefits will affect nearly 2 million in Illinois

Starting Feb. 1, SNAP recipients ages 18-64 without dependents will be required to work for at least 80 hours a month. If work/volunteer requirements aren't met in any month, it will count against the SNAP recipient. by Judith Ruiz-Branch Public News Service New work-reporting requirements for SNAP recipients in Illinois take effect next month and groups fighting hunger said they are working hard to ensure the nearly 2 million Illinois resident…