Resources and Toolkits
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
SNAP PER Analytics Workgroup
Workshop examining how predictive analytics and risk scoring can improve SNAP implementation and evaluation, using Conneticut as a case study.
Tracking State Readiness to Implement H.R. 1
Interactive tracker to evaluate how prepared states are to implement the Medicaid administrative changes required under H.R. 1, using performance indicators like application processing, call center performance, and disenrollment data. The tool highlights potential risks states may face in maintaining access amid implementation.
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.
Advocates’ Guide to Automated Notices
Guide explaining automatic benefit notice generation process while walking through common underlying system errors (e.g. missing or incorrect information) providing insight on how back-end design decisions cause these issues. Provides strategies to improve notice process and output such as targeted questions on system logic, workarounds for caseworkers, and structural reform through data flow, boilerplate language,…
A Technical Guide for States to Reduce Procedural Terminations from Medicaid’s Work Requirements
Guide to provide states with policy and technical strategies to reduce procedural terminations under Medicaid work requirements, including simplifying verification processes, mitigating automation risks, managing vendor
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.
