Overview
- Illinois will begin March SNAP deposits on March 1, with payments staggered by enrollment date and loaded to EBT cards.
- Illinois ended its broad waiver on February 1, extending the 80-hour requirement to most residents ages 18 to 64.
- The law establishes a strike system in which three months of noncompliance can lead to a three-year suspension from SNAP.
- A Minnesota nonprofit estimates roughly 12,700 adults will be at acute risk of losing aid in April, with about 15,000 more affected by eliminated exemptions.
- New York and New Jersey published March calendars that distribute deposits in the first days of the month based on case-number schedules.