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Hampton manager urges keeping social services staff on payroll amid reimbursement uncertainty
Hampton City Council · October 29, 2025
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Summary
City Manager Bunting told council the city plans to support social services workers through the federal shutdown to avoid losing trained staff, while seeking reimbursement from state and federal sources; mixed messaging about reimbursement timing remains unresolved.
City Manager Bunting told Hampton City Council that local staff who process SNAP, TANF and Medicaid applications should remain on the payroll while the federal government shutdown continues, even though reimbursement timing from state and federal sources is unclear.
"We pay upfront and we get reimbursed…
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