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 Data by State
Resource to explore and compare state-by-state data on eligibility processing, payment accuracy, and policy options
Reducing SNAP payment errors: what states can do now
Conversation sharing drivers and targeted interventions to reduce SNAP Payment Error Rates, drawing on six months of hands-on research with Arizona, North Carolina, and Maryland
Medicaid Vendors by State
Living spreadsheet that tracks major E&E and MMIS vendors by state.
SNAP Payment Accuracy Playbook
A free resource that focuses on strategies that states can test immediately to reduce PER and lessen the burden on frontline eligibility workers
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…
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.