SNAP error rate lowered, but still too high to skirt potential future costs

By: Christine Sexton

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 634

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Newly released data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that Florida has lowered its error rate for a federal food aid program to 12.97%, but that’s not enough to avoid a nearly $1 billion cost-share contribution next year.

While it’s an improvement over the 15.1 % payment error rate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) the previous fiscal year year, it still exceeds the national payment error rate of 10.62%.

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