June 25, 2026
New FY 2025 payment error rate data puts Pennsylvania at risk of absorbing new federal costs at the same time as SNAP participation is rapidly falling. Pennsylvania’s FY 2025 SNAP payment error rate is 9.21%, placing the Commonwealth in the 10% cost-sharing tier and potentially shifting an estimated $410 million in SNAP benefit costs onto the state in FY 2028 unless Congress acts to delay or reverse the new federal requirement. Read more: