WV purchases $876K program to help lower SNAP mistake payments that could cost state millions

By: Lori Kersey

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: April 15, 2026

Words: 684

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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The West Virginia Department of Human Services is spending more than $800K on an artificial intelligence program meant to help decrease the number of mistake payments in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, records show.

The department needs to keep its SNAP error rate down to avoid penalties put in place under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act beginning in 2028. An emergency purchasing order for the AI tool said that without the technology, …

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