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Department of Family Services asks legislature to replace federal SNAP education funds and fund program expansions
Summary
Director Corinne Schmidt told the Joint Appropriations Committee that federal changes require the state to replace SNAP education dollars and increase administrative general-fund support; DFS also requested funding for IT modernization, adult protective services, foster-youth transition services and a summer EBT pilot.
The Wyoming Department of Family Services told the Joint Appropriations Committee on Dec. 16 that federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program require the state to replace lost education funding and to raise its administrative share.
Director Corinne Schmidt said the agency requests $3,000,473 to continue SNAP education operated by Sensible Nutrition through University of Wyoming extension offices, a program that served 887 adults and 2,112 youth in fiscal 2025. Schmidt said the federal statute change eliminated the federal SNAP education grant and the department must bridge the gap to keep classes that teach recipients how to make benefits stretch and improve diet quality.
The department also asked for $6,805,564 in general fund…
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