Division of the Budget
Landon State Office Building Phone: (785) 296-2436
900 SW Jackson Street, Room 504 adam.c.proffitt@ks.gov
Topeka, KS 66612 http://budget.kansas.gov
Adam C. Proffitt, Director Laura Kelly, Governor
Division of the Budget
February 6, 2024
The Honorable Francis Awerkamp, Chairperson
House Committee on Welfare Reform
300 SW 10th Avenue, Room 152-S
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Representative Awerkamp:
SUBJECT: Fiscal Note for HB 2674 by House Committee on Welfare Reform
In accordance with KSA 75-3715a, the following fiscal note concerning HB 2674 is
respectfully submitted to your committee.
HB 2674 would prohibit the Secretary for Children and Family Services from participating
in the summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) for children program.
The Department for Children and Families (DCF) indicates that enactment of HB 2674
would prohibit Kansas from participating in the summer EBT program. This would reduce the
expenditures in local economies by over $13.6 million of federal funds. The summer EBT program
makes federal food assistance benefits available to children meeting eligibility requirements during
the summer months. The program is expected to provide food assistance benefits of $120 per child
to 113,702 Kansas children. Food assistance benefits are not included in the DCF budget. These
funds are spent at local markets helping to stimulate the local economies. Administrative costs for
the summer EBT program are part of the overall Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
budget and absorbed in that budget. The bill would have no fiscal impact on local governments.
However, it would reduce funds made available in local economies related to spending on allowed
food items.
Sincerely,
Adam C. Proffitt
Director of the Budget
cc: Kim Holter, Department for Children & Families