Graphic of the week: Per capita state supplemental SNAP funding to counties varies greatly

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The July 2025 federal reconciliation bill HR 1, sometimes called the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” cuts Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding for Ohio by a total of about $38 million between next October and June 2027. This week, Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation that includes $12.5 million to be distributed evenly among all 88 counties to offset these federal cuts to SNAP administrative funds (Source: “DeWine signs bill to help offset federal food-stamp cuts, but large counties left short,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 1).

Ohio’s decision to give equal shares of the supplemental administrative funding to all counties regardless of SNAP enrollment means larger counties will receive substantially less per SNAP household than smaller counties, as illustrated above.

The state’s funding approach, which is included in House Bill 730, also means 59 counties will have their federal cuts completely covered while 26 counties with more SNAP enrollment will get a maximum of $226,486, a small fraction of the funds lost due to federal cuts (Cuyahoga County’s share, for example, will replace just 3% of the federal money the county is expected to lose and Franklin County’s will cover about 4% of the loss).

Last week, the Center for Community Solutions shared a table from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services showing estimated federal funding reductions and estimated state supplemental payments for all 88 counties.

HPIO recently released a new policy explainer titled “SNAP at a Glance: Key Changes from HR 1” to outline many of the potential impacts of recent federal policy changes on the nutrition support program. HPIO Health Policy Analyst Robin Blair-Ackison also recorded a brief video explainer about the changes to SNAP.