Lawmakers defer major SNAP tech and admin spending while restoring core DCF reappropriations
Senate subcommittee restored several reappropriations for the Department for Children and Families but declined to add large SNAP enhancement requests pending further data on error rates and costs for new federal requirements; committee members warned a 75% state share of SNAP administrative fees (up from 50%) will raise SGF obligations.
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Senator Owens, reporting for the Ways and Means Human Services subcommittee, presented the Department for Children and Families budget and a set of targeted restorations and partial supplements. The agency’s FY26 request totaled roughly $1 billion all funds with $478.6 million in state general fund.
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