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Cass County official: SNAP payment-error rate exceeds federal target; HR1 could shift costs to the state
Summary
Rebecca, director of economic assistance quality control for North Dakota, told the Cass County Human Service Advisory Board that federal SNAP quality-control targets require a payment-error rate of 6% or less and that North Dakota’s midyear rate was 10.2.
Rebecca, director of economic assistance quality control for North Dakota, told the Cass County Human Service Advisory Board on Nov. (date not specified) that the federal payment-error target for SNAP is 6% or less and that North Dakota’s midyear payment-error rate was 10.2.
"For our payment error rate, it has to be 6% or less," Rebecca said. She explained that the federal partners measure payment error, case and procedural error (KDPR), and timeliness and that those metrics drive corrective actions and potential federal escalation.
Why it matters: HR 1 (referred to in the meeting as the "1 big beautiful bill") changed federal requirements and, under a sliding scale discussed in Rebecca’s presentation, states with error rates above 6% could be required to pay a portion of SNAP benefits. Rebecca described the sliding scale presented by USDA: states in the 6.00–7.99% range could be required to pay 5% of…
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