{"id":1929,"date":"2025-10-16T15:54:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protectourcareil.org\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2025-11-03T15:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:57:17","slug":"officials-say-work-requirements-to-begin-for-illinois-snap-recipients-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protectourcareil.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/officials-say-work-requirements-to-begin-for-illinois-snap-recipients-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials say work requirements to begin for Illinois SNAP recipients in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most Illinoisans in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will need to meet work requirements by December to keep their benefits, advocates told lawmakers Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie Cully, the director of the Department of Human Services\u2019 Division of Family and Community Services, told members of the Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee that Illinois has not been subject to work requirements for decades due to a statewide waiver based on its unemployment rate.<\/p>\n<p>But the federal tax and spending bill signed in July changed the metric where states could apply for the waiver, and Cully said no county in Illinois will qualify under the new rule.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/healthnewsillinois.com\/2025\/10\/16\/officials-say-work-requirements-to-begin-for-illinois-snap-recipients-in-december\/\">https:\/\/healthnewsillinois.com\/2025\/10\/16\/officials-say-work-requirements-to-begin-for-illinois-snap-recipients-in-december\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Illinoisans in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will need to meet work requirements by December to keep their benefits, advocates told lawmakers Wednesday night. 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