COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Franklin County is looking for a way to budget more than $7 million over the next year, as states take on a larger percentage of administrative costs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP.
The change began Thursday, which shifted 75% of administrative costs to the states. It’s a change from the 50/50 split with the federal government. Ohio will have to pay nearly $40 million more this year.
State lawmakers dished out funds to help cover the shortfall, but many counties with large caseloads still face substantial deficits to maintain the administrative side of their programs. Franklin County is projected to need $7.5 million over the next year.
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“We will have to make some hard decisions,” Michelle Lindeboom, the director of Franklin County Job and Family Services, said. “We have staffing now, and we hope to keep staffing, but some of my colleagues in other counties have talked about layoffs and furloughs based on their budgets.”…