HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Tens of thousands of low-income households getting SNAP assistance -- formerly known as food stamps -- will soon be required to work to keep getting those benefits.

Nearly 85,000 low-income households -- or more than 165,000 people -- get SNAP assistance in Hawaii to purchase food.

Some of them are already required to work to get those benefits.

“Adults who are age 18 to 54 without dependent children are subject to these requirements,” said Scott Morishige, the administrative chief of the state Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division.

But starting Nov. 1, the work requirement will be expanded to include those aged 55 to 64, along with households with a dependent children aged 14 and older.

Those who are homeless, veterans, or youths 18 to 24 who ar

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