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Committee backs resolution asking state to offset county fiscal impact from federal SNAP changes
Summary
Richland County approved a resolution urging the state to provide funding to offset county fiscal impacts from recent federal SNAP changes and to restore prior administrative reimbursement rates.
The Community and Health Services standing committee on Oct. 2 approved a resolution urging the state to request additional funding to offset local fiscal impacts from enacted federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly called FoodShare in Wisconsin.
Health and Human Services staff said counties statewide are coalescing behind a request for additional resources; staff cited a statewide ask of roughly $69.2 million to offset the impacts. They told the committee that two key local concerns are: bolstering quality-control work to keep case error rates low, and restoring an administrative reimbursement change that would reduce counties' portion of costs returned for over-allocation from 50¢ on the dollar to 25¢ on the dollar.
"They're asking for money to, so there's, for the food share program, the fed the federal government, does reviews and or we do reviews of our own cases. ... The 6% statewide... is potentially gonna trickle down," staff said, describing the purpose of the resolution.
Why it matters: changes to federal SNAP administration have the potential to increase county administrative burdens and costs tied to case reviews and reimbursements; the resolution requests state-level action to mitigate county fiscal exposure and to work with counties to ensure adequate resources for FoodShare administration.
The committee moved and adopted the resolution by voice vote during the meeting. Staff said specific county dollar impacts have not been finalized and that the resolution is intended as a statewide advocacy measure.
