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Congressman’s field representative meets Pine County officials to discuss SNAP cost shifts, tariffs and federal funding requests
Summary
Peyton Crotty, field representative for Rep. Pete Stauber, told Pine County officials the congressman supports efforts to lower state SNAP error rates and is tracking tariff exemptions and community project funding requests; county staff warned that federal changes could shift administrative costs to counties.
Peyton Crotty, the field representative for U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, met with Pine County officials to discuss federal program changes that county staff say could shift costs to local governments and to collect requests for federal assistance.
Crotty told the board he is the new point of contact for Stauber’s Forest Lake district office and described two major issues he is tracking for the county: a change in how Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) error rates affect county reimbursements and requests for tariff exemptions tied to a local manufacturing operation. Crotty said the congressman “commends Pine County quite a bit for keeping their error rates below that 6% threshold,” and…
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