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Floyd County social services outlines SNAP, Medicaid changes and possible state penalties
Summary
Department of Social Services staff briefed county supervisors on coming federal and state changes to SNAP and Medicaid, potential work requirements, and a large state funding shift tied to error rates that could cost Virginia hundreds of millions if not reduced.
Department of Social Services staff told the Floyd County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9 that federal and state changes tied to the 2024 federal welfare law could substantially affect local SNAP and Medicaid administration and state budgets. Hope Estes, benefit program supervisor, said the Medicaid and SNAP programs have separate rules and timelines and that major changes — including immigrant eligibility rollbacks and possible work requirements — will phase in over the next several years. "Medicaid's really on top of things because they've already given us a timeline of expectations of changes that are gonna be coming over the next 2 to 3…
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