Indiana SNAP payment error rate rises, increasing likelihood state will be on the hook for benefits

Indiana's payment error rate for the nation's largest anti-hunger program rose last year — which, without improvements, could cost the state more than $140 million annually as soon as next year.

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: June 26, 2026

Words: 787

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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Indiana’s payment error rate for the nation’s largest anti-hunger program rose last year — which, without improvements, could cost the state more than $140 million annually as soon as next year.

That’s according to the latest table of payment error rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, released Wednesday afternoon by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Indiana’s error rate for the 2025 federal fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30, was

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