Expanded work requirements for adult recipients of SNAP food assistance are set to take effect next year (Photo: Getty Images)

Tennesseans who rely on SNAP food benefits have until October 31 to submit documentation to the state showing they are unable to meet expanded work requirements imposed by the Trump administration.

The new rules extend the work requirements to able bodied adults ages 18 to 64. Previously in Tennessee the work requirements – which can also be fulfilled by volunteering or attending job training — ended at age 54. The rules also require parents of children 14 and up to work, volunteer or attend training. Previously parents of children 16 and up were exempt.

More than 700,000 Tennesseans — or one in every 10 state residents – rely on the SNAP program to feed their f

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