Resources and Toolkits
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
States’ First-Ever Bill for SNAP Benefits Could Cost Billions
Summary of cost to states based on SNAP 2025 error rates
Congress Should Staunch SNAP Participation Losses, Which Exceed CBO’s Estimates
Overview of SNAP participation losses, possible drivers, and implications
SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Republican Megabill Is Implemented
Tracker displaying most recent federal and state agency data on SNAP participation, along with unemployment trends.
Coordinating Medicaid and SNAP Work Requirements to Streamline Determinations
States can simplify and streamline determinations for individuals and agenciesand, reduce administrative burden, and minimize unnecessary coverage loss by leveraging the overlap in compliance activities and exemption reasons for individuals applying for or enrolled in both programs. Strategies on aligning exemptions, sharing data, and integrating verification processes highlighted through process flows and crosswalks.
SNAP’s “Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility” Supports Working Families, Older Adults, and Those Saving for the Future
Resource explaining how SNAP’s BBCE helps working families qualify for food assistance by easing income and asset limits. It also outlines the potential negative impacts, such as increased food insecurity, if BBCE were eliminated.
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