Counties throughout North Carolina are gearing up to adjust to changes outlined in HR 1, or the One Big Beautiful Bill, which will cost local counties hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The bill mandates several changes to health and human services across the country, some of which have already gone into effect, and some of which will continue to roll out over the next several months.
One of HR 1’s significant changes is to the operation of the federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Starting Oct. 1, reimbursement rates for SNAP administration costs will reduce from 50% to 25%, and starting October 2027, North Carolina could be responsible for paying $140 million in SNAP benefit costs for the first time in the program’s history.
