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For decades, adults had to work until age 54 to qualify for SNAP unless they were a parent with dependents, but the working age to stay in the program was raised to 64. Only parents with children younger than 14 are exempt from the requirement."},{"_id":"5EYIHSL2G5DO5L75UT4IVQD65U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Any impact to SNAP is an impact to a community’s food security network, food bank officials say. Roughly half of food bank patrons are also SNAP recipients. This summer saw less support at the state level to purchase food and less supply from USDA programs that support food banks."},{"_id":"SM76OM5LRFBCLAYAXXWYDFK6GU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“When we came into the start of the shutdown and pressure on families, we had less surplus supply. 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