SNAP benefits will soon be tied to error rates. These states are in the biggest trouble

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

(NEXSTAR) – States have been put on notice: Stop making so many mistakes, or lose funding for food assistance.

Starting with the 2028 fiscal year, states with an error rate of higher than 6% will start losing federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. If the reform were to take effect immediately, only eight states would make the cut and receive full funding.

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The state with the largest gap to close by far is Alaska, where the error rate was most recently logged at 25%. Believe it or not, it’s a big improvement from the state’s 60% error rate the year before.

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Other states with relatively high error rates include Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Oregon. They make mistakes in 14% to 16% of cases.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/snap-benefits-will-soon-be-tied-to-error-rates-these-states-are-in-the-biggest-trouble/ar-AA1OLtwI

[LearnedHand]

1. The article is not exactly clear about what constitutes "errors"

But it alludes to the fact that errors “include” over- and underpayments.

[W_HAMILTON]

2. I was wondering what constitutes an "error" as well.

[MichMan]

6. Data is in the link

https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-fy24QC-PER.pdf

[LearnedHand]

7. Ah thx. That helps.

[Submariner]

3. Idaho should be put on that list soon

as the republican soybean farmer welfare queens suck up their guvmint money and food stamps.

They liked those giveaway bennies so much in 2016, that as we just saw in 2024, they voted to bring all that tariff chaos back so they can slack off and have another brew.

[LearnedHand]

4. And for the record ...

It’s infuriating how they talk about errors in FEEDING PEOPLE.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Floggings will continue until morale improves...