Resources and Toolkits
SNAP Data by State
Resource to explore and compare state-by-state data on eligibility processing, payment accuracy, and policy options
State Strategies to Improve SNAP Payment Accuracy: Early Lessons from the First Year of H.R. 1 Implementation
Multi-state survey summary of state agency work to implement new payment error requirements, prepare for upcoming cost sharing provisions, and strengthen payment accuracy efforts
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 Policy Choices That Could Cost States Billions
Common policy missteps states may take in efforts to reduce SNAP payment error rates (PERs), such as adopting change reporting, imposing asset tests, or limiting discretionary exemptions, can have unintended effects of increasing error rates. Instead, states should make informed policy choices, such as adopting simplified reporting, waiving asset tests, allowing discretionary exemptions, and implementing…
Common Missteps on the Road to Lower SNAP Payment Error Rates
Guidance on state policy chocies that tend to increase SNAP payment error rates include requiring change reporting or monthly reporting, imposing asset tests, and limiting discretionary exemptions. In contrast, states can reduce errors by simplifying reporting requirements, using BBCE, applying exemptions, and using one-month lookbacks to minimize reassessments and ensure coverage for eligible populations.
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
Reducing Payment Error Rates for SNAP
Key strategies to improve accuracy and efficiency of SNAP program delivery, including evaluating intervention impacts independently, developing strong proxy metrics, watching for unintended consequences, strategically reviewing most error-prone case elements and actions, leveraging new technology for caseworkers, and improving client communication and outreach.
Adaptable Resources for States and Locals
Various templates for state and local governments to meet OBBBA requirements, including primers for program staff and state leadership, targeted flyers for populations (e.g. veterans, unhoused, older adults), and work requirements checklists.