13,000 more Ohioans lost food stamps this month under new federal rules

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on April 30 notified 12,988 people that their federal nutrition assistance will end because they had not complied with new requirements under federal HR 1, sometimes referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Source: “13,000 more Ohioans to lose food stamps for not meeting requirements under Trump law,” Ohio Capital Journal, May 13).
 
The terminations come after 80,000 Ohioans lost benefits between the July passage of the law and January of this year.
 
A large portion of the cuts to programs for people who are low-income are being done through new work requirements. While similar requirements for Medicaid don’t take effect until after the November midterm elections, the requirements to get benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, took effect on Feb. 1.