SNAP benefits are flowing again, but many enrollees will soon hit another hurdle

Workers for La Colaborativa hands out fresh food to people in line outside of public housing zone in Chelsea, Massachusetts on November 13, 2025, during a free food distribution for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images

Food stamp recipients are now receiving their November benefits , but a growing swath of enrollees may soon lose their vital food assistance completely.

At the same time as the government shutdown disrupted the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, states began implementing an expansion of the program’s work requirements as mandated in the Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill ,” which was signed into law by President Donald Trump this summer.

Under the GOP package, more food stamp enrollees will h