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120,000 Illinoisans may lose SNAP food assistance

SNAP food assistance cutoffs begin Friday in Illinois — what you need to know

Thousands of people in Illinois are expected to begin losing federal food assistance beginning May 1 as part of an overhaul of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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Disconnected SNAP calls contribute to thousands losing food assistance

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120,000 Illinoisans may lose SNAP food assistance starting Friday due to work requirements

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Arizona leads the nation in SNAP benefit losses

Nearly half a million Arizonans lost their SNAP benefits in one year, and most of them are children.

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Some Americans lose SNAP benefits as Trump’s bill is implemented

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NY counties ask feds for more time to implement changes to SNAP

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SNAP work requirements raise concerns for local agencies

As new work requirements are implemented for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, local organizations are highlighting the program's difficulties with funding and applications.

Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Post-Megabill Drop in SNAP Participation Is Steepest in Decades

Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fell by more than 3 million people (8 percent) nationwide between July 2025 and January 2026. The drop followed the enactment of H.

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Workers predict significant disruptions to food assistance programs as USDA announces more relocations

Programs like SNAP and WIC "simply will not function" if employees exit en masse after declining mandatory relocations across the country, union says.