North Dakota could pay millions for high SNAP error rate

By: Ceilidh Kern

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: July 13, 2026

Words: 1,254

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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Nearly one in 10 approved Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applications in North Dakota in 2025 had some kind of error.

Under a federal law passed last year, that means the state may have to pay 10% of its residents’ benefits — or nearly $13 million — every fiscal year unless it can bring its error rate below 6%.

A SNAP payment error occurs when a household receives more or fewer benefits than it’s entitled …

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