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Fairfax officials warn federal HR1 changes will shift costs to state and local governments
Summary
Fairfax County staff told the Board of Supervisors' legislative committee that HR1 0will cut federal SNAP administrative funding, narrow eligibility and add Medicaid work requirements, raising local workloads and projecting millions in new local and state costs.
Fairfax County officials told members of the Board of Supervisors' Legislative Committee on Jan. 22 that a new federal package referred to in the meeting as HR1 will shift significant costs and administrative burdens for SNAP and Medicaid to states and localities.
"HR1 brings sweeping changes to federal policy concerning SNAP and Medicaid," said Michael Beckett, director of the Fairfax County Department of Family Services. He told the room the federal share of SNAP administrative costs has been cut "from 50% to just 25%," and that the Virginia Department of Social Services has already indicated the local match rate would move from about 15.5% to nearly 22%. "That is an…
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