SNAP benefits are flowing again, but many enrollees will soon hit another hurdle

(CNN) — Food stamp recipients are now receiving their November benefits , but a growing swath of enrollees may soon lose their vital food assistance completely.

At the same time as the government shutdown disrupted the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, states began implementing an expansion of the program’s work requirements as mandated in the Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill ,” which was signed into law by President Donald Trump this summer.