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
SNAP Policy Navigator | Insights and Updates from NCSL
Compendium of resources on SNAP policy
NCSL Statement in Response to FY 2025 SNAP Payment Error Rates
Statement on FY25 SNAP Payment Error Rates and state cost-sharing implications
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
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
