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Sign at supermarket entrance with text reading We Welcome EBT customers and a SNAP logo in Lafayette, California, November 13, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection\/Gado\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n
PENNSYLVANIA – It’s been several months since SNAP benefits were limited<\/a> for some recipients, and now Pennsylvania is trying to help its residents meet the new requirements.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Beginning on Tuesday, Pennsylvania residents will be able to keep their SNAP benefits with a new tool connecting them to volunteer opportunities across the state.<\/p>\n New federal rules require some people to\u00a0meet work requirements to keep or become eligible for SNAP benefits. Those work requirements include working, volunteering\u00a0and\/or\u00a0participating\u00a0in an education or training program.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania residents can search online<\/a> for volunteer opportunities in their zip code.<\/p>\n Work requirements must total at least 20 hours a week, or 80 hours a month, and have to be reported.<\/p>\n How it works <\/p>\n To find volunteer opportunities on PA Navigate:\u00a0<\/p>\n Go to\u00a0pa-navigate.org<\/a>, enter your ZIP code, and search for “volunteer opportunity.”\u00a0Contact the organization where you want to volunteer to learn more and get connected to volunteer opportunities.\u00a0The organization where you volunteer completes the\u00a0Community Service Verification Form<\/a>\u00a0to track your volunteer hours.\u00a0 <\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “DHS is committed to doing everything we can to connect Pennsylvanians who receive SNAP with\u00a0tools and information to help them keep their benefits\u00a0and feed themselves and their families,”\u00a0said\u00a0Department of Human Services\u00a0Secretary Arkoosh. \u00a0<\/p>\n “Adding volunteer listings to PA Navigate both helps SNAP recipients meet the new federal requirements and helps community-based organizations fill volunteer roles, which are\u00a0often\u00a0so important to their ability to serve their\u00a0communities.”<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n On September 1, 2025, SNAP benefits changed for Pennsylvania<\/a> after President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” was passed in July.<\/p>\n Some SNAP recipients will now have to meet work requirements and report them to the Department of Human Services.<\/p>\n If the SNAP recipient does not meet the work requirements, they will be limited to three months of SNAP benefits for a 3-year period.<\/p>\n The new SNAP benefit rules apply to you if you:<\/p>\n Are between 18\u201354 years oldDo not have a dependent child under 18Are considered physically and mentally able to work <\/p>\n The Source: Information from this article was sourced from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and previous reporting by FOX 29 Philadelphia.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania<\/a>Money<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Sign at supermarket entrance with text reading We Welcome EBT customers and a SNAP logo in Lafayette,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[83,139,539,28,30,29,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-85880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-money","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-pa","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","13":"tag-pennsylvania-news","14":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}