The budget bill signed into law by President Donald Trump in July included major changes to the nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, including new work requirements for some recipients.

The Shapiro administration expects that to put 144,000 of the state’s two million SNAP recipients, 45,000 in Philadelphia alone, at risk of losing their benefits.

Department of Human Services Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh visited Philadelphia Works, the city’s employment assistance program, to help illuminate the changes facing SNAP recipients, which went into effect on the first of the month.

“There’s a real risk that these stricter administrative requirements will cause people to lose access to their benefits, not because they’re not eligible for those benefits,” said Dr. Arkoosh, s

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