U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a maternal health event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 11, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
(Washington, DC) – Starting in 2028, sates with SNAP payment error rates of 6% or higher will be forced to help cover part of their own benefit costs under new federal law.
States who manage to remain under the 6% error rate, will remain fully funded. States who grown past the error rate can trigger up to a 15% state share in money spent within their state.
USDA notes that a SNAP “payment error rate” includes both overpayments and underpayments and is not the same thing as a fraud rate.
