NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A new report by the Tennessee Commission on Children & Youth found the state's financial obligation to carry out its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could increase from $56.7 million to $165.3 million due to federal cuts included in the "Big Beautiful Bill."

The report used costs from fiscal year 2024, when states paid half of the administrative costs and none of the benefits costs of SNAP. The commission then applied the federal cuts and changes to the same numbers, with states paying 75% of the administrative costs and up to 15% of the benefits costs, depending on their error rate, which resulted in a $108.6 million estimated cost increase.

“What they [the federal government] did to SNAP and that program really shifts the cost to the state," Sen. Jef

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