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Kansas DCF says SNAP error rate is improving; agency appeals USDA data-request approach
Summary
Deputy Secretary Tanya Keyes and Secretary Laura Howard told the committee the state is working to reduce SNAP payment-error rates below the federal 6% target, reported recent monthly reviews at 5.5%, and described a pending federal data-notice dispute with USDA that Kansas is appealing.
Deputy Secretary Tanya Keyes told the Public Health and Welfare committee that Kansas is working with federal partners to lower the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment-error rate so the state avoids possible federal penalties in federal fiscal year 2028.
Keyes said the state has been improving on the metric: DCF recorded a payment-error rate above 10% in one federal fiscal period and improved to about 9.58% the following year; cumulative FY25 year-to-date data were about 9.13%. She said the most recent month of…
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