Individual and Family Services NAICS 6241

May 11, 2026 - New SNAP Requirements may Boost Demand

• Individual and family services may see increasing demand due to tighter qualifications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Non-disabled people up to age 64 now have to work or volunteer 80 hours a month to keep their SNAP benefits. The work requirements include parents whose youngest child is 14 years old, down from 18 years old. Nearly half of Coloradans experiencing food insecurity don’t qualify for SNAP, according to Feeding America, a national network of food pantries. About 50,000 people have been dropped from Alabama’s SNAP rolls since the new requirements went into effect, according to the AL.com news site. "We are on track to lose up to 100,000 people off of SNAP benefits by the end of this year," said Laura Lester, CEO of Feeding Alabama, the coalition of food banks across the state.
• President Trump has signed an executive order to establish a task force intended to eliminate fraud in food stamp and federal child nutrition programs. The task force will develop measures to overhaul eligibility verification and fund disbursement controls to prevent improper payments, evaluate fraud indicators and high-risk vulnerabilities, promote information and data sharing, and dismantle fraud networks. The US Department of Agriculture in May 2025 required Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program data from all states in conjunction with Trump’s March 2025, executive order requiring the elimination of fraud and abuse in federal programs.

• Growth in personal income and higher net worth are expected to result in a 3.9% increase in charitable giving in 2025, according to the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The projected increase is greater than the average growth rate of giving since 2005, and is expected to surpass 10-year, 25-year, and 40-year annualized growth averages. The average rate of growth for giving from 2005 to 2014 — a period covering the 2007-08 financial crisis and subsequent recession — was 1%. The average growth rate from 2015 to 2024 is expected to have been 1.9%.
• Individual and family service industry employment and wages for nonsupervisory employees increased slightly during the first two months of 2026, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Individual and family services industry sales are forecast to grow at a 6.47% compounded annual rate from 2025 to 2029, faster than the growth of the overall economy.