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Marquette County urges state aid as SNAP rules shift workloads to counties
Summary
The board passed a resolution calling on the State of Wisconsin to provide funding to offset county costs after federal SNAP changes increase work requirements, reduce administrative match rates, and could raise state error‑rate penalties that would cascade to counties.
Marquette County supervisors voted Sept. 16 to urge the State of Wisconsin to provide funding and support to offset county fiscal impacts resulting from recently enacted federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as FoodShare.
Resolution No. 53-2025, introduced by Supervisors Kathleen McGwin and Mary P. Walters and adopted by roll call (Ayes 15; Noes 1; Absent 1), cites several federal changes: expanded work requirements up to age 64, a lowered child age threshold for parent exemptions, elimination of waivers in high-unemployment areas, and a reduction in the SNAP administrative match from 50%/50% federal/state-local to 25% federal/75% state-local. County documents presented at the meeting estimate county IM administrative costs at about $123 million annually, with roughly $49 million attributable to SNAP-related workload; the match change was estimated to reduce SNAP administrative funding to counties by about $17 million annually.
The resolution warns that increased workloads and reduced administrative funding could push the state error rate higher, potentially triggering state cost shares and penalties that would increase fiscal pressure on counties operating under property tax levy limits. The board directed the county clerk to send the resolution to the governor, state legislators representing Marquette County, the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Wisconsin County Human Service Association.
Board members emphasized the need for state-level action to prevent reduced local service capacity and increased local fiscal burden. The resolution asks the state to work with counties to ensure adequate resources for FoodShare administration and related programs.
