SNAP Overhaul Will new program requirements worsen hunger? A food delivery from La Colaborativa, a nonprofit that provides services to Latino immigrants, is made to a public housing unit in Chelsea, Mass., on Nov. 13, 2025, just one day after the longest government shutdown in history came to an end. (AFP/Getty Images/Joseph Prezioso) On January 1, many recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly called food stamps, lost their benefits.