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Devin LeMahieu: “Part of those federal funds were cut to the counties and…”

Featuring: Devin LeMahieu, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 9

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WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon with Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu

Published | Video Starts at 45:49

DHS oversees the SNAP program in Milwaukee. And then there's consortia over the rest of the state that's funded by the counties, part of it through federal funds. So Part of those federal funds were cut to the counties and they don't actually have to do this. So. And their funding ends October of next of this year. October of this year. So that's the first thing we need to do is make sure that we backfill that funding for the counties. (45:49–45:55)

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Asserts that federal funds for counties were cut, affecting SNAP program administration.

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