Payment errors for Arizona’s food stamps may soon cost the state's taxpayers $200 million.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Arizona’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payment error rate for Fiscal Year 2025 was 10.8%, which ranked 33rd in the country.
Arizona’s SNAP payment error rate increased from 8.84% in FY 2024, according to USDA data.
The state’s high payment error rate could cost the state nearly $200 million if it does not bring it below 6% by FY 2028, according to Common Sense Institute Arizona, a nonpartisan research organization.
Changes made in federal law by H.R. 1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, were designed to reduce the costs of federal programs such as SNAP.
New federal law regulations say states with a SNAP payment error rate below 6% will not be required to enter into a cost-sharing agreement with the federal government. However, if states have payment error rates between 6% and 8%, they will be required to do a 5% match.
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