Legislative Toolkit for Counties: Priorities for Strengthening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Elected officials from five states sound alarm about administrative and funding changes to SNAP and Medicaid.

On June 24, the Senate parliamentarian approved a new version of the benefit cost share provision. Under this revision, states may use either their FY 2025 or FY 2026 payment error rate to determine their required match for FY 2028. For FY 2029 and beyond, the match is based on the payment error rate from three fiscal years prior.

Every other week, NACo's County Countdown reviews top federal policy advocacy items with an eye towards counties and the intergovernmental partnership. This week features sanctuary jurisdictions, the TAKE IT DOWN Act and more.

Proposed changes to the SNAP program could burden counties with rising administrative costs and cause millions of people to lose access to the nutrition assistance program.

Counties are positioned to quickly feel the effects of Office of National Drug Control Policy’s new priorities.

The best treatment option for polysubstance use is “contingency management,” which is when someone with substance use disorder is given an incentive, such as money, for not using.