(Salem, OR) -- Thousands of SNAP recipients in rural Oregon are escaping stringent new work requirements enacted by the Trump administration. New federal law requires all adults ages 18 to 64 who receive SNAP benefits and don't have children to work at least 80 hours a month to continue qualifying for food assistance. However, in rural Oregon, there are no employment service centers in Crook, Jefferson, Gilliam, Lake, Morrow, Sherman and Wheeler counties. Therefore, 13-hundred SNAP recipients living in those counties will get discretionary exemptions from the state.