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Advocates urge $4.9M in FY27 to expand benefit assisters amid new SNAP administrative costs
Summary
Policy advocates told the Senate Government Operations Committee that federal HR 1 shifts will increase states' SNAP administrative costs and asked the legislature to appropriate $4,900,000 in FY27 to bolster benefit-assister networks that help Vermonters apply for and maintain SNAP and Medicaid.
Advocates testified Feb. 5 that changes in federal policy have raised the administrative burden on states operating SNAP and recommended state funding to shore up the network of benefit assisters who guide Vermonters through complex eligibility and recertification processes.
Ivy Enoch, identified in testimony as director of policy and advocacy at Hungry Food Vermont,…
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