1. El Cambio Fundamental en la Financiación de SNAP.
Por primera vez en 50 años, la legislación propuesta exige que los estados asuman una parte de los costos de los beneficios de SNAP, que históricamente han sido financiados al 100% por el gobierno federal. Este cambio estructural amenaza la estabilidad del programa de asistencia alimentaria.
- The gop plan would upend a 50 year commitment to federal funding for food benefits, forcing states for the first time to pick up between 5 and 25 percent of their costs.
- For the first time in the program’s history, states will be required to pay a portion of snap benefits.
- This is unprecedented—food benefits have always been 100% federally funded.
- The bill would still require some states to cover a share of the cost of snap benefits, which are currently completely funded by the federal government, if they have a payment error rate above 6 percent beginning in fiscal 2028.
2. El Mecanismo de la Tasa de Error y la Carga Financiera Estatal.
La porción que cada estado debe pagar por los beneficios de SNAP (entre 5% y 25%) se basa en su "tasa de error de pago". Solo un pequeño número de estados cumplen con el umbral bajo (menos del 6%), dejando a la mayoría expuestos a costos masivos e impredecibles que varían anualmente.
- States will be expected to pay 5-25% of snap benefit costs starting in 2028. The percentage will be determined by payment error rates.
- States with error rates between 6% & 8% would pay for 15% of snap, states with error rates between 8% & 10% would pay for 20%, & those with error rates above 10%. For 25%.”.
- Just seven states idaho, nebraska, sd, utah, vt, wisconsin and wyoming met that threshold last year, according to federal data.
- The amount is tied to a state's snap error rate. But the bill: -cuts federal for strategies that reduce errors *in half* -adds new & error-prone red tape requirements.
- New usda data shows half of states and dc had snap payment error rates over 10% in fy24. That’s not fraud, mostly paperwork mistakes.
3. Consecuencias Devastadoras para Beneficiarios y Estados.
Los estados, que en su mayoría deben equilibrar sus presupuestos, no pueden absorber estos nuevos costos sin precedentes. Esto obligará a los gobiernos estatales a tomar decisiones drásticas, como reducir los beneficios, restringir la elegibilidad o, en el peor de los casos, abandonar el programa SNAP por completo, lo que resultaría en un aumento de la inseguridad alimentaria.
- This would break state budgets and lead states to kick people off the program to save money.
- States will face stark choices: reduce snap benefits, cut eligibility, or find other ways to limit access.
- The cbo assumes that some states would reduce or eliminate snap benefits for people.
- Some states could even end snap entirely.
- If a state can't fully pay, they would have to cut many low-income families off snap or end their program altogether.
4. Aumento de la Carga Administrativa y Cronología de Implementación.
La legislación también incrementa la responsabilidad estatal por los costos administrativos de SNAP, pasando del 50% al 75% a partir del año fiscal 2027. Este aumento de la carga financiera, combinado con los nuevos requisitos de beneficios, crea un desafío presupuestario inmediato para los estados.
- The bill would make states pay 5% of snap benefit costs, and 75% of administrative costs (up from 0% and 25%, respectively).
- Beginning in 2027, the federal government will slash its share of snaps administrative costs from 50 percent to 25 percent, forcing states to cover the rest.
- The cost shifts to states will impact over 40 states and dc based on their fy24 error rates.
- The work requirement changes are expected to take effect in 2025, with the state cost-sharing beginning in 2028.
- This is hundreds of millions of dollars each state will need to magically come up with to fund the administrative side of the program.