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
SNAP PER Analytics Workgroup
Workshop examining how predictive analytics and risk scoring can improve SNAP implementation and evaluation, using Conneticut as a case study.
Medicaid Vendors by State
Living spreadsheet that tracks major E&E and MMIS vendors by state.
Projected Reductions in Medicaid Expansion Enrollment Under OBBBA’s Work Requirements and Six-Month Redeterminations
An analysis projecting Medicaid expansion disenrollments on the national, state, and subgroup level beginning in 2027, estimating between 4.9 million and 10.1 million adults could lose coverage by 2028 due to administrative barriers and reporting requirements.
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.
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
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.
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.
