MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — Lawmakers are worried about how they'll pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in Alabama.

President Donald Trump's tax relief efforts require states to pay more to keep the welfare program going.

Lawmakers said they are looking for revenue sources after holding budget hearings this past week.

At the hearing this week, the Department of Human Resources said the state would have to come up with $208,694,000 in 2028 to keep the SNAP program going. As Nancy Buckner, commissioner of the Department of Human Resources, explained, that would be contingent upon the state's payment error rate (PER). That is the frequency with which the state overpays or underpays recipients for benefits. If the state can lower the current 8.2% error rate, then t

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