Nearly every state will owe the federal government millions under new rules for SNAP payments
- Beginning late next year, 35 states could be required to collectively hand the federal government billions of dollars due to changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program aimed at targeting payment errors.
- The coming bill could be so steep that some states are considering dropping out entirely of the federal food aid program, which serves about 37 million people, according to the latest figures released in March.
- Under last year’s Republican-backed One Big, Beautiful Bill tax and spending package, states with payment error rates above six percent in their SNAP programs will begin pay
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- Beginning late next year, 35 states could be required to collectively hand the federal government billions of dollars due to changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program aimed at targeting payment errors.
- The coming bill could be so steep that some states are considering dropping out entirely of the federal food aid program, which serves about 37 million people, according to the latest figures released in March.
- Under last year’s Republican-backed One Big, Beautiful Bill tax and spending package, states with payment error rates above six percent in their SNAP programs will begin pay
Sources: The Independent