Category: Government Programs
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SNAP’s work time limit now exempts American Indians but no longer exempts homeless adults, veterans or former foster youth, under USDA’s memo on the 2025 law
Homeless adults, veterans and young people who aged out of foster care no longer have an automatic exemption from SNAP’s work time limit, while American Indians now do. That is the line the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service draws in its Oct. 3, 2025 implementation memo on the 2025 federal budget law,…
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Iowa Health and Wellness Plan members face Medicaid work rules starting December 1, a month before the federal date, and anyone applying from then on must meet them
Iowa will start holding certain Iowa Health and Wellness Plan members to monthly work and activity requirements on Dec. 1, 2026, a month before the Jan. 1, 2027 deadline set for states in the federal rule. Anyone who applies for the plan on or after Dec. 1 must meet the requirements to be eligible, according…
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VA processed a record 3.11 million veterans’ disability claims in fiscal 2026
The Department of Veterans Affairs processed a record 3,111,399 disability compensation claims in fiscal 2026, up from the prior record of 3,001,734 in fiscal 2025. VA announced the totals on Oct. 15, 2026 and rounded them to 3.11 million. The agency says it had never before processed more than 3 million claims in a single…
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Federal funding for welfare cash aid and community health centers runs out December 31 unless Congress acts
Federal funding for the welfare cash program known as TANF and for community health centers is set to run out December 31, 2026, unless Congress acts. Both deadlines land after the November elections, and Holland & Knight, a law firm that tracks Congress, says both could ride on a year-end package. The dates are fixed…
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Minnesota lost about $37 million a year in federal food stamp administration money October 1, and a 2029 cost share could reach $145 million, half billed to counties
Minnesota’s food stamp program started paying more of its own bills on October 1, 2026. The state’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families says Washington now covers 25 percent of what it costs to administer SNAP, down from 50 percent, which costs the state about $37 million a year. A second, larger change is scheduled…
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Food stamp cases covering about 9,000 refugees, asylees and other noncitizens in New York’s Onondaga County close at recertification over the next year unless a member shows green-card status, the county says
About 9,000 people in Onondaga County, New York, are in food stamp cases that are set to close at their next recertification over the coming year. The county’s social services department says the affected households are those with refugees, asylees and other noncitizens, and a case stays open only if a member shows lawful permanent…
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Wisconsin FoodShare members 60 to 64 without a disability can no longer get three-year certifications, and those already on one must now file six-month reports and sit for a renewal interview
Wisconsin households on FoodShare, the state’s name for SNAP, can no longer get a three-year approval if a member is 60 to 64 and not disabled. The change took effect August 8, 2026, and households already holding a three-year approval now face extra paperwork: six-month report forms and an interview when they renew. The rule…
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Wisconsin BadgerCare adults who lose Medicaid under the work rule in Trump’s 2025 law also cannot get Obamacare premium tax credits, starting January 1, 2027 for new applicants and March 2027 for most current members
Wisconsin adults on BadgerCare Plus who lose Medicaid because they do not meet the new federal work requirement will also be shut out of Obamacare premium tax credits. The state’s Department of Health Services says the rule reaches new applicants on January 1, 2027, and most current members in March 2027. It comes from President…
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Food stamps end at the next recertification for North Carolina refugees, asylees and most parolees under Trump’s 2025 law, in effect there since February 1, the state says
North Carolina households that include a refugee, an asylee or most parolees are losing food stamps, the benefit officially called SNAP, one recertification at a time. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says the change took effect February 1, 2026 under a federal law passed in 2025, and that affected households keep…
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Medicaid work rules from Trump’s 2025 law reach expansion adults in 44 states including D.C. on January 1, and 34 states plan to recheck compliance every six months, KFF found
Medicaid work requirements from President Trump’s 2025 law start January 1, 2027, and KFF counts 44 states, including the District of Columbia, that must apply them to adults covered through the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. A separate KFF survey, taken in the first three months of 2026, found that 34 states plan to verify…