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The SNAP quality control system measures how accurately SNAP state agencies determine a household’s eligibility and benefit amount. It consists of both state agency reviews and federal reviews. When a reviewer finds that a household received an incorrect amount of benefits, the household had a payment error.
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 set a tolerance level, or threshold, for excluding small errors from calculation of the SNAP payment error rate. When a quality control reviewer finds that the household’s payment error is less than or equal to the tolerance threshold, the error is excluded from the SNAP payment error rate. When the error is greater than the threshold, it is included in the SNAP payment error rate.
Previously, the error tolerance threshold was adjusted by different amounts and at different points in time through legislation and regulation. However, the Agriculture Act of 2014 established a new formula for adjusting the threshold. Beginning with fiscal year 2015, the threshold has been adjusted annually to correspond with changes in the Thrifty Food Plan for the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia.
Fiscal Year | Threshold Amount | Policy Memo |
2024 | $56 | PM 23-04 |
2023 | $54 | PM 22-05 |
2022 | $48 | PM 21-01 |
2021 | $39 | PM 20-01 |
2020 | $37 | PM 19-04 |
2019 | $37 | PM 18-04 |
2018 | $37 | PM 17-04 |
2017 | $38 | PM 16-04 |
2016 | $38 | PM 16-01 |
2015 | $38 | PM 14-03 |
2014 | $37 | FR Notice |
2013 | $50 | |
2012 | $50 | |
2010-2011 | $25 | |
2009 (6 months only) | $50 | |
2000 - part of 2009 | $25 | |
1979 - 1999 | $5 |