Risk Assessment Tools
Video outlining best practices for states to improve their risk assessment and error detection processes, including model design, review sequencing, feature engineering, review process optimization, and quick wins
Aspen Institute Financial Security Program (Aspen FSP)
Predictive Analytics for SNAP PER Reduction QC Data Workshop Summary
Workshop to foster collaboration and share modeling practices among state agencies in response to HR1’s new SNAP PER cost share requirements. Gathering encompassed convened a group of nearly 40 research and data analytics staff from across 15 states involved in SNAP QC data modeling.
Data and Analytic Approaches for Medical Frailty Exemptions
Resource outlining data and analytic approaches to support states through the technology implementation and integration process for Medicaid work requirements, with a focus on medical frailty exemptions.
Promising Practices in SNAP PER Reduction: A State Case Study
By Sarah Esty (Aspen Institute Financial Security Program) Phase 1: Preauthorization with simple rules, targeted reviews One state has been able to achieve a PER close to 6% through use of a preauthorization review (before cases are finalized) for all new applications, reinstatements, or cases adding a person. They have historically picked cases to review using simple selection criteria: all households with 3+ members and $1,500 or more in gross income. Lead caseworkers review the earned and unearned income (budgeting…
Promising Practices in SNAP PER Reduction: Data-Driven Preauthorization Reviews
By Sarah Esty (Aspen Institute Financial Security Program) and Eric Giannella (Georgetown University Better Government Lab) To assist states working to rapidly reduce SNAP payment error rates to avoid new cost-share requirements, the Safety Net Response Network has been convening monthly meetings of state data practitioners for peer learning around successful error reduction strategies. Through these meetings, as well as research led by data experts at Georgetown and Yale, promising practices are emerging. While we will refine and validate these…
Integration Guide for Implementing System Changes
The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill (also known as OBBBA or H.R. 1) in July 2025 mandated significant changes to key social safety net programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid. To meet these requirements and minimize coverage loss, states must update the technical infrastructure that powers their program delivery. Given the aggressive implementation timeline included in the bill, states are being flooded with pitches for technical solutions promising to “fix” the problem.
Is This Working? Data-Driven Strategies to Reduce SNAP Payment Error Rates
States can act to reduce their SNAP PERs but must move quickly for their efforts to impact their share of program costs in 2027.