State warns SNAP error rate could trigger federal cost‑sharing; DHS seeks Gateway modernization money
Department of Human Services told the Senate subcommittee Georgia's SNAP payment error rate is about 14–15%, which under recent federal changes could trigger substantial state cost‑sharing; DHS requested additional funds for Georgia Gateway modernization and outlined operational fixes to lower the error rate.
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Department of Human Services officials told the Senate Appropriations Health and Human Services Development Subcommittee that Georgia's SNAP payment error‑rate — as measured by federal quality control (QC) sampling — is currently in the mid‑teens, and that the change in federal law could require states with higher error rates to assume a portion of SNAP benefit costs.
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