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County warns legislators of $25 million budget pressure from SNAP and Medicaid funding shifts
Summary
Cumberland County officials told legislators that changes to SNAP administrative matches and potential SNAP error‑rate pass-throughs, plus verification requirements tied to Medicaid expansion, could together force roughly $25 million in cuts or tax increases unless the legislature intervenes.
County leaders told the North Carolina legislative delegation that recent and proposed policy changes to SNAP and Medicaid will have substantial, recurring budgetary consequences for Cumberland County.
Chair Sharon detailed two principal risks: state or federal changes that lower the state’s administrative match for SNAP from 50% to 25% — which the county estimated would add about $3 million in recurring local costs — and a potential pass-through of SNAP error-rate penalties, which the county…
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