Maryland may be steeply penalized after reducing SNAP payment error rates

By: Danielle J. Brown

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: June 26, 2026

Words: 1,110

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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This story has been updated to include additional comments from the USDA and the Maryland Department of Human Services.

In recent years, Maryland has reduced the administrative errors it makes when sending food assistance dollars to low-income families — but that success might cost the state in a year.

New federal data shows that Maryland slightly reduced what’s called the “payment error rate” from 13.64 in federal fiscal year 2024 to 13.08 in federal fiscal …

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