Carla Javier

Among the changes are expanded work requirements.

Now even more recipients, including people aged 55 to 64 and those experiencing homelessness, will have to prove they meet them.

Karen Ahrens is at the Alliance to End Hunger.

Eligibility criteria for SNAP have fluctuated over the years, says Christopher Basso at Northeastern University.

But this time, he says, it doesn't stop there.

in SNAP benefits.

States will have to shoulder even more of the costs of running the program.

And over the next few years, the more errors a state makes in administering SNAP, the more money they'll be on the hook for.

For the USDA's part, a spokesperson said it is committed to preserving the integrity of our programs and respecting the generosity of American taxpayers.

I'm Carla Javier for Marketplace.

Not only will these data show what's been going on in the job market recently, they'll also update the understanding of the past year through a process called benchmark revisions, says Daniel Zhao at the job site Glassdoor.

Whenever these jobs numbers are released, he'll be looking closely at health care.

The latest reads showed a labor market that overall is stagnant.

Laura Ulrich at the Indeed Hiring Lab says she doesn't see anything in its internal data that makes her think there'll be big swings.

I'm expecting to still see hires rates low, quits rates low.

The layoff number, though, will be interesting because we have seen more at least media reports of layoffs, but not an increase really in unemployment claims.

If the jobs report is delayed by a day or two, that wouldn't be a big deal, says Jesse Rothstein at the University of California, Berkeley.

But if the shutdown drags on again and the data gets tangled up in it again, he says...

And if these data delays and disruptions become the new normal, he says that can make the picture of the labor market even fuzzier and harder to react to.

I'm Carla Javier from Marketplace.