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Alamance County officials warn federal HR1 changes could cut local SNAP and Medicaid funding
Summary
Department of Social Services Director Candice Goble told the board HR1 policy changes — expanded work requirements, changes to noncitizen eligibility and a reduced SNAP administrative match — will increase county workloads and could reduce local revenues by roughly $890,000 next fiscal year; statewide cost-sharing provisions could expose North Carolina to much larger liabilities.
Alamance County’s Department of Social Services told commissioners on Wednesday that recently enacted federal rules (referred to in the meeting as HR1) will change eligibility and administrative funding for SNAP and Medicaid and could materially affect the county’s budget.
“Our administrative reimbursement is moving from 50% to 25%,” Candice Goble, director of Alamance County DSS, said. “That administrative shift translates to about an $890,000 decrease in our revenues in the next fiscal year.” She said the county is still awaiting detailed state guidance on how the changes will be operationalized in NCFAST and other state systems.
Goble summarized three categories of HR1 changes the county is tracking: expanded federal work‑and‑community‑engagement requirements,…
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