Resources and Toolkits

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

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

Best practices for benefit notices, with a focus across on reducing errors, improving comprehension, and making notices more accessible for SNAP and child care

Workshop examining how predictive analytics and risk scoring can improve SNAP implementation and evaluation, using Conneticut as a case study.

JAMA Health Forum Viewpoint article examining how states can implement the Medicaid “medical frailty” exemptions under HR 1’s new work reporting requirements with recommendations for states to use flexible, clinically driven standards, multiple data sources, and priortize transparency to identify such individuals and prevent harmful coverage disruptions.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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….

States can act to reduce their SNAP PERs but must move quickly for their efforts to impact their share of program costs in 2027.