States are working to get food assistance flowing again after the government shutdown. And they’re also working to implement new work restrictions and cuts to SNAP benefits.

This summer, Congress made changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program when it passed the One Big Beautiful Bill.

The United States Department of Agriculture, which runs SNAP, issued new guidance Friday that will begin to push many people off of the program.

More people may lose benefits as individual states clean up accounting, implement work requirements and begin to share costs for the program with the federal government.

Alabama residents who did not receive regular SNAP benefits during the shutdown should have promptly received payments starting Nov. 14, according to the state.

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