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County warns of federal policy shifts: SNAP, Medicaid and new administrative costs will bite Buncombe's budget
Summary
Health & Human Services staff said recent federal legislation and the temporary shutdown will raise SNAP/MEDICAID administrative work and shift more administrative cost to counties; Buncombe projects a larger recertification caseload and roughly $1.9M higher local SNAP admin costs if federal-state cost shares change as described.
Buncombe County Health & Human Services officials told commissioners at the Nov. 11 budget retreat that recent federal legislation and the temporary federal shutdown have immediate and potential multi-year budget implications for county-administered safety-net programs.
David Sweat, director of Health & Human Services, said that approximately 20% of Buncombe residents were enrolled in Medicaid as of June (~62,000 people) and that October figures included about 26,307 children (0–18) and 6,256 adults 65+. He told…
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