NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Thousands of New Mexicans are reacting to a new change in how the state gives out food benefits which will soon require proof of work in order to keep those benefits.
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The new “proof of work” requirement affects 11,939 New Mexicans in specific counties and pueblos. New Mexico had been granted a waiver from the federal rule for more than a decade that’s now expired. “But now, because of improving unemployment data, because unemployment is getting better here in New Mexico, because of that, then now this requirement is going to be enacted within New Mexico,” said Eli Gallegos, SNAP program manager, New Mexico Health Care Authority.
The proof of work requirement will affect Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Eddy and Los Alamos counties along with San Ildefonso, Pojoaque, Santa Clara and Laguna pueblos…