Resources and Toolkits

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

A free resource that focuses on strategies that states can test immediately to reduce PER and lessen the burden on frontline eligibility workers

A CMS-developed suite of open-source tools that streamlines income and community engagement reporting for Medicaid applicants and enrollees

User-tested application templates and resources for Medicaid work requirements

Evidence-based recommendations for states to optimize implementation of work requirements include: integrating compliance and exemption information and reporting into a single streamlined process, designing clear and actionable notices, utilizing text communications, and building mobile-friendly platforms.

Features interviews from seven states on adaptation journeys in response to SNAP and Medicaid on integrated eligibility and enrollment. Insights include states awaiting federal guidance, standing up work groups, putting technology road map placeholders, prioritizing SNAP PER, making changes to end-of-life systems, rethinking data sharing, and considering population impacts.

Explainer on state IEE system fundamentals, outlining key technologies, opportunities, risks, and stakeholders involved for implementation guidance to improve benefit accessibility and efficiency.

A central resource library for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments working to implement public benefits policy and system changes created through OBBBA, featuring Medicaid work requirements and SNAP PER topic sections.