LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Changes to Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — otherwise known as SNAP — went into effect Monday.

The changes include expanding the work requirements so that SNAP recipients must either work, participate in an employment or training activity, or volunteer in the community at least 20 hours per week or 80 hours per month.

Households who receive a Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program payments must now have an elderly or disabled member to get the Standard Utility Allowance.

SNAP eligibility is now limited to only U.S. citizens; refugees and anyone granted asylum will no longer qualify.

“Approximately 7,000 neighbors in Nebraska will be potentially affected by the loss of benefits,” said Tiffany Murray, Chief Operating Officer at the Food Ban

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