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Job & Family Services flags rising cost of care, SNAP changes and staffing pressures for 2026
Summary
Job & Family Services presented a $325 million 2026 operating budget and warned of major uncertainties from state and federal changes (the so‑called 'One Big Beautiful Bill'), including SNAP administrative cost shifts, potential state cost‑sharing tied to error rates, more frequent Medicaid recertifications, rising provider rates and growing out‑of‑home care costs.
Michael, director of Job & Family Services, told commissioners the department’s 2026 operating budget is roughly $325 million (operations and staff costs only) and underscored three major budgetary threats: a change in SNAP administrative funding split, proposed state cost‑sharing tied to SNAP error rates, and sharply rising costs for children’s out‑of‑home care and other provider rates.
On SNAP, he said recent federal/state changes would move administrative-cost shares from a 50/50 split toward a 75/25 split (state covering more), and the county’s early estimate of local impact on the JFS internal budget is in the…
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