A massive hit to SNAP benefits is coming for California even after the shutdown ends

Even once the looming funding lapse for federal food assistance is resolved, hundreds of thousands of low-income Californians and millions more Americans could still lose their benefits in the coming months because of changes to the program

Stricter work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, approved as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and domestic policy megabill, will hit particularly hard in California, which for years was exempted from those provisions. Experts at the nonprofit California Budget & Policy Center estimate that more than 650,000 people enrolled in CalFresh, the state’s SNAP, are at risk of losing their benefits under the new criteria.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/food-benefit-snap-calfresh-21129773.php

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