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Human services warns HR 1'driven SNAP changes could shift large administrative costs to counties and require state match tied to payment‑error rate
Summary
DHS officials said HR 1 will reduce federal SNAP administrative match, expand work requirements and tie the state's future grocery share to an audit payment‑error rate; at Colorado's current PER (~9.97%) the law could require a substantial state contribution beginning Oct. 2027.
Department of Human Services staff told the Executive Committee that HR 1 alters SNAP on multiple fronts and creates both operational and fiscal risks for counties and the state.
DHS Director Michelle Barnes summarized the baseline: Colorado currently serves roughly 614,000 SNAP recipients (about 10% of the population) and issues about $1.5 billion in monthly grocery benefits annually, a sum that is now 100% federally funded. Under HR 1, multiple changes will phase in between October 2025 and October 2027: narrowed noncitizen eligibility, an expanded set of beneficiaries subject to work requirements starting Oct. 1 (and…
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