Perna, I read the waiver provision as only applying to allowing states to continue to provide food stamps to individual recipients who are not working a certain number of hours a week The federal law would require states to terminate benefits for single individuals not meeting the work requirement.

States cannot waive the actual November 1, 2013 cuts unless they want to pick up the cost of the program (for California, more than $400 million and in Illinois, more than $200 million). Can you tell me where you are getting information about the waivers? I think we are talking about 2 different things. My info is current as of Sept. 10, 2013.