CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- Some may soon lose their SNAP benefits due to new federal rules.

The potential loss of benefits for some is because of the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill back in July.

It tightened requirements for SNAP benefits for adults from 18 to 65 without disabilities or children under the age of 14.

The new rules require these recipients to work at least 20 hours per week, or else lose their benefits.

Jeannie Carpenter of the Chattanooga Area Food Bank believes this will put more people in a grey area where they can’t afford groceries.

Carpenter said, “SNAP is critical to keeping our rural grocery stores open, or if you live in a food desert and you have that one grocery store, those kinds of people spending their SNAP benefits are what are able to keep those

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