SNAP error rates: Which states overpay, underpay people most often?

Underpayments are less frequent, with most states underpaying only 1% or 2% of the time. The most underpayments were in ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Congressional Delay of SNAP Cost Shift Urgently Needed to Protect Food Assistance for Low-Income Families

The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, ...
Agri-Pulse

National SNAP error rate dips slightly amid state cost-share fight

The national error rate for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program fell slightly from 2023, but remained higher than pre-pandemic levels. USDA releases annual ...
Northern Virginia Daily

Here’s what Virginia is doing to reduce its SNAP error rate

As 850,000 Virginians (and millions nationwide) went without food stamps this fall during the federal government shutdown, the giant reconciliation bill Congress passed this summer set off a timer for ...
WWLP-22News

SNAP benefits will soon be tied to error rates. These states are in the biggest trouble

(NEXSTAR) – States have been put on notice: Stop making so many mistakes, or lose funding for food assistance. Starting with the 2028 fiscal year, states with an ...
Agri-Pulse

What the Senate-passed megabill means for SNAP, rural hospitals

Last-minute changes to the Senate’s reconciliation bill would give states with the highest SNAP error rates two additional years before having to help pay for the ...
The Enterprise Journal

MDHS to request additional funding to address changes, error rates in SNAP

The state agency will ask lawmakers for $15 million to cover an increased state share for program administration and nearly ...