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Union County DSS outlines caseloads and warns HR1 changes could raise SNAP administrative costs
Summary
Division manager Karen Tucker reported monthly caseloads for Medicaid and SNAP, described administrative changes and training plans, and warned that federal HR1 changes and state payment-error rates could increase county costs if the General Assembly does not provide additional funding.
Karen Tucker, division manager for economic services (speaker 3), told the board that Union County serves large caseloads across Medicaid and food-support programs and is preparing for federal and state policy changes that could affect county budgets and staff workload.
Tucker gave program counts for calendar 2025 and typical monthly caseloads: roughly 10,405 adult Medicaid participants, about 53,516 family-and-children Medicaid participants and an average of 22,088 Food Nutrition Services/SNAP participants per month.…
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