HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — Eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are changing, and one local foodbank is getting ready to serve those who might lose benefits.

States have until November to comply with the changes to the program set forth in the One Big Beautiful Bill. The bill passed over the summer, and along with it will come an overhaul to SNAP.

The Hill reported that the changes are expected to squeeze some people out of the program to cut federal spending by an estimated $186 million over the next decade.

“We are seeing record numbers as we speak," said Bob Latvis, president and CEO of the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank. "And without the SNAP benefits, those folks were going to turn to us for an additional resource for food. For every one meal

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