Resources and Toolkits
SNAP Change Report Templates
Tool to help states reduce SNAP errors through improved client forms to report changes, including modifiable template forms for SNAP Periodic Report and SNAP Change Report
These 5 Million People Are About to Lose Their Medicaid — But They Don’t Have To
Tools for data-driven understanding Medicaid work requirements, including information about who’s at risk, automatic verification pathways, ex parte capability by state, coverage loss, and maps
Introducing Our User Experience Guide for Medicaid Work Requirements
Guide about the member-facing side of implementation, and why user experience is just as important as what happens on the backend
Designing Benefits Notices
Best practices for benefit notices, with a focus across on reducing errors, improving comprehension, and making notices more accessible for SNAP and child care
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.
Eligibility Made Easy (Emmy)
A CMS-developed suite of open-source tools that streamlines income and community engagement reporting for Medicaid applicants and enrollees
Open Source Software Tool (OSCER) for Medicaid Work Requirements
Open-source community engagement reporting (OSCER) tool enables states to achieve work requirements compliance automatically using client and ex parte data, or otherwise provide link for manual certification or exemption application. Provides staff with case management and reporting tools, and sends results to state Medicaid agencies for issuance or disenrollment.