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Utah DWS requests $13.3M to shield SNAP from federal cost shifts under HR1
Summary
Department of Workforce Services asked the subcommittee for $13.3 million in general fund to cover administrative cost shifts from federal reconciliation changes and outlined measures to keep Utah's SNAP error rate below the federal 6% threshold.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Department of Workforce Services asked the Economic and Community Development Appropriation Subcommittee to approve $13,300,000 in general fund to cover new state responsibilities for administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) created by the federal reconciliation package frequently referred to in testimony as HR 1.
“That is our top request as an agency,” Director Casey Cameron told the subcommittee, saying the change shifts costs from the federal government to states and that Utah’s request is small compared with many states. Deputy…
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