Resources and Toolkits
Aspen Institute Financial Security Program (Aspen FSP), Georgetown University Better Government Lab, Yale SCALE Lab
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 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…