ST PAUL, Minn. — In a Minnesota Senate committee hearing, lawmakers heard from county officials about how cuts to the SNAP program will impact the people of Minnesota.

The Association of Minnesota Counties' Executive Director, Julie Ring, says Minnesota is one of 10 states where counties administer SNAP programs. She said it’s a partnership between the county and federal government, meaning the state doesn’t contribute funds.

Since the “Big, Beautiful, Bill” cut funding for the SNAP program, Ring said there are two big county impacts: administration cost shift and benefit cost shift.

In the past, she said the federal government would reimburse them around 50% of administrative costs. Now that the bill has passed, it has dropped that number down to 25%. Based on the state’s caseload last

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