(The Center Square) – Wisconsin was one of nine states to avoid paying penalties for having a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program error rate on payments of more than 6% in fiscal 2025.
Wisconsin’s 5.72% error rate fell below the 10.62% payment error rate average in the U.S.
Only South Dakota (2.45%), Idaho (3.85%), Wyoming (3.95%), Kentucky (4.7%), Iowa (5.34%), the U.S. Virgin Islands (5.36%), Vermont (5.38%), Utah (5.54%) and Nebraska (5.9%) avoided the penalty.
Wisconsin’s penalty would have been $205.5 million. Wisconsin's 2024 error rate was 4.47%.
Gov. Tony Evers’ office sent a press release claiming that error rates “do not measure fraud, are based on unintentional mistakes states do not control, and no state will ever have a zero-percent error rate.”
Wisconsin Act 116, signed at the end of March, provided $72 million in funding toward SNAP administration in the state. But the error rate numbers announced this week were for the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, 2025.
“Wisconsin’s low FoodShare error rate is a reflection of the hard work and expertise of all the people across our state who run one of the best SNAP programs in the nation,” Wisconsin Medicaid Director Amanda Dreyer said in a statement. “I applaud the incredible staff and partners who make this program possible. We are committed to doing what it takes to help every Wisconsinite who needs assistance buying food and, at the same time, meet the highest standards of accuracy. Thank you to everyone who helps feed Wisconsin families.”
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