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Commissioner Park expresses concerns about SNAP and Medicaid funding
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Commissioner Molly Wasow Park expresses significant concerns about federal-level cuts, focusing on two main areas: cuts to benefits that directly affect clients and the impact on agencies. She highlights SNAP and Medicaid as the primary programs being monitored by DSS, while also noting concerns about cuts to federal housing programs.
- Emphasis on the potential for increased homelessness due to cuts in federal housing programs
- Identification of two main federal strategies: increased work requirements and pushing costs down to the state level
- Recognition of the broader impact of these cuts beyond just low-income households, affecting the overall economy
Molly Wasow Park
0:33:17
So the social service programs that we are monitoring most closely at the city level are SNAP and Medicaid.
0:33:28
Sorry, should say at the DSS level are SNAP and Medicaid.
0:33:30
Those are certainly not the only initiatives and programs that I'm concerned about.
0:33:35
There are very substantial cuts to federal housing programs that while not directly tied into the DSS budget absolutely serve the clients that we also serve and that we are certainly looking at a prospect of significant upticks in homelessness, for example, if some of this comes to pass.
0:33:57
I think as I mentioned in my testimony, we're seeing these two primary strategies from the federal level.
0:34:04
One is increased work requirements, and two is pushing costs down to the state.