Reconciliation Provisions to Shift SNAP Costs to States

The final reconciliation package signed into law on July 4, 2025 makes sweeping cuts to SNAP by shifting an unprecedented share of its costs to the states.

States would also be forced to pay 75 percent of administrative costs, up from the current 50 percent, starting in FY 2027.

For the first time ever, many states would be forced to pay for a share of SNAP benefit costs. While states with the lowest payment error rates would not have to contribute to benefit costs, most states would have to pay between 5-15% of benefit costs starting in FY 2028.

This resource aims to provide states with a sense of what their new state responsibility would be compared to their current responsibility. It shows the FY 2023 and FY 2024 payment error rates, the percentage of benefits the state would need to cover based on the FY 2024 payment error rate, the state share of FY 2023 administrative costs (the current total state responsibility), and the projected state responsibility if the state had to cover 75% of FY 2023 administrative costs plus a share of FY 2024 benefits based on both FY 2023 and FY 2024 error rates.

Note: This is a No Kid Hungry-branded version this resource.