State plans two‑year pilot app for SNAP waiver; funding and evaluation explained

May 6, 2026

The committee reviewed a planned two‑year contract with ShiftR/Sifter Solutions to deliver a dynamic excluded‑product list and a UPC‑scanning app for a SNAP waiver pilot, funded with federal SNAP nutrition education dollars and to be evaluated by the University of Pennsylvania at no cost.

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Lawmakers heard from Department of Human Services officials about a proposed two‑year contract with ShiftR (Sifter) Solutions to support a SNAP waiver that would exclude certain products from purchase with SNAP benefits and provide nutrition education to beneficiaries.

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