The U-S Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service released the annual Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, state payment error rates, a measure of how accurately states determine who is eligible and subsequent benefit allotments.
The national payment error rate for fiscal year 2024 is 10-point-93 percent. While not a measure of program fraud, this rate indicates an unacceptable amount of waste occurring at the state level.
For states with error rates at or above the 6 percent threshold, USDA requires a corrective action plan that addresses the root causes of their errors to improve payment accuracy. 44 states will be required to submit and execute corrective action plans for fiscal year 2024.
Iowa is one of those 44 states. The error rate for fiscal year ‘24 was 6-point-1 percent.
