The President’s Government Donald Trump is preparing far-reaching reform to combat fraud and abuse within the Supplementary Nutrition Support Program (SNAP)which currently provides food assistance to more than 42 million people in the United States. As part of this restructuring they implemented new requirements These require the permanence of the beneficiaries, which include: a minimum monthly working hours.
The law A nice billdriven from Trump came into effect on December 1, 2025. According to this legislation, the age range of those entitled to benefits is determined meet professional requirements: Now applies to people of 54 to 64 yearswho has to Work, exercise or volunteer at least 80 hours per month in activities approved by the program Fox News.
These requirements They apply to both new applicants and current benefit recipients. when your recertification period expires. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the new regulation could reduce the average monthly number of successful bidders by up to 2.4 million over the next 10 years.
The administration Trump argues that SNAP costs are “out of control” due to fraud and to prolonged dependence on the program, citing practices such as Duplicate accounts and payments to deceased people.
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) stated this in an October 2025 statement Also The regulation on exceptions for parents or relatives caring for a minor has been changedby lowering the age limit from 18 to 14 years.
The dependency He also announced that exceptions would be abolished Previously, homeless people, military veterans and people aged 24 or younger who were wards of the state at the time of their majority were covered.
He United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).for its acronym in English), which oversees SNAP, made the announcement The Trump administration will limit program resources to all states that do not share data on the beneficiaries according to Forbes.
Brooke RollinsMinister of the Ministry, noted that it is necessary for States to share this information due to affiliate fraud and abuseFor example, people who are still collecting resources from relatives who have already died or who receive help from several countries at the same time.
The secretary pointed this out most states29 out of 50, now shared SNAP recipient informationwhile 21 rejected the application. The government requires, among other things, full name and address Immigration status of the subsidiaries.
“If a state does not pass on data regarding criminal use of SNAP benefits, You won’t get a single dollar federal administrative financing. Let’s see which ones defend accountability and which ones simply protect their bribery schemes,” Rollins noted in his X-Profile.
The federal administration set a deadline for states that do not yet share member information to provide what has been established for the December 8, 2025Although 23 territories in the country filed suit to the request.
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