New Work Requirement Adds Red Tape to Missouri’s Snarled Food Aid System

Photo: A collection of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards from various U.S. states. Photo courtesy of the USDA’s FNS, SNAP / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Article by Samantha Liss / KFF Health News. The Daily Yonder – November 25, 2025. This story was originally published by KFF Health News.

Distributing food stamps soon could get even harder for Missouri’s food aid system, which a federal judge has already called “broken and inaccessible.” States depend heavily on federal funds to operate their food stamp programs, which help feed about 42 million people nationwide. But a new federal law has restructured the nation’s food assistance, requiring more people to work to qualify for aid and shifting more of the program’s cost onto states over the next decade. Meanwhile, many Americans are struggling to afford groceries, and state governments are straining to help them. […]

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