This article first appeared in inewsource. Sign up for their newsletters here.

Starting Nov. 1, people using the food assistance program CalFresh, known as SNAP nationally, will have three months to find work before they are kicked off the program.

The new work requirements are part of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. A memo published Oct. 3 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified states of the new, earlier deadline to implement the changes.

California had expected regulations to take effect in January because it had an existing waiver exempting all “able-bodied” adults without dependents from the work requirements. The state got the waiver by showing it didn’t have enough jobs. USDA abruptly canceled California’s waiver, along with six other states and territ

See Full Page