Tennessee faces estimated $220M in extra SNAP costs under new federal rules

Tennessee may face $220 million in additional costs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This follows federal rule changes that shifted more program expenses to the state level.
Tennessee may have to carve out an additional $220 million from its budget next year to continue funding the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill passed more of the program’s costs to states. The total new costs to Tennessee depend, in part, on the state’s SNAP payment error […]
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