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Social services warns pending federal/state changes could increase nonprofit demand; exact impacts unclear
Summary
Barbara Watts of James City County Social Services briefed the board on proposed federal/state policy changes affecting Medicaid, SNAP, LIHEAP and other benefits, warned of likely greater demand on nonprofits and said staff will provide follow-up cost estimates as guidance becomes available.
Barbara Watts, director of James City County Social Services, told the Board on July 22 that proposed federal and state policy shifts affecting Medicaid, SNAP and energy-assistance programs will likely increase demand for county services and create added pressures on nonprofit partners, though precise local impacts remain uncertain until implementing guidance is released.
Watts described three broad risk areas: (1) Medicaid eligibility and potential new work requirements for adults (she said approximately 3,500 adults were previously counted under Medicaid expansion as an at-risk population while later noting wider caseload figures for the county), (2) SNAP (food…
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