MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is requesting the state legislature to approve nearly $70 million in new funding to keep SNAP or food share services running.

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act reduced federal funding support for state SNAP benefits. Starting this fall, states must cover 75% of SNAP administrative costs, up from 50%. The bill also creates work requirements to qualify for food stamps, which generates additional paperwork for DHS to process.

Approximately 700,000 people currently use SNAP benefits in the state, according to Jackie Anderson, executive director of Feeding Wisconsin. Under the new work eligibility requirements, an estimated 43,000 of those recipients will need to complete additional paperwork, Anderson said.

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