RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- New work requirements affecting tens of thousands of North Carolinians will take effect for SNAP next month.

Starting in December, many SNAP recipients will need to work, volunteer, or participate in job training for at least 80 hours a month to maintain their benefits. While work requirements are already in place, changes signed into law by President Trump this summer will expand these requirements to include individuals aged 55 to 64 and parents without children under 14.

"It's disingenuous to say that people who are on SNAP are not working and could be. There's an incredibly small number of able bodied adults without dependents," said Jason Kanawati Stephany with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC.

Kanawati Stephany told ABC11 he doesn't believe the

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