This is a report of state activity in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The data in these reports is state reported data or data calculated from state reported data for fiscal year (FY) 2023.
On March 18, 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (FFCRA) was signed into law. This legislation provided for the issuance of emergency allotments based on the Federal public health emergency (PHE) along with a state declaration of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency allotments are supplements to a household’s SNAP benefits and are added on to a household’s monthly benefit. Emergency allotment data are available in Section I of this report. While this report includes data on emergency allotments, it does not include Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) data. FFCRA established P-EBT in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, it is a separate program from SNAP.
We generally reimburse 50% of state agency administrative costs to operate SNAP. However, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress made available new funding that paid 100% of state agency administrative costs.
On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) was signed into law. Section 1101(b) of the ARPA provided an additional $1.135 billion in 100% State Administrative Expenses (SAE) funding to state agencies to support the administration of SNAP. We sought to distribute $245 million in FY 2021, and $445 million in FY 2022 and FY 2023. To request these funds, state agencies were required to submit a plan describing how they proposed to spend the additional 100% SAE funding.
FY 2023 data in this report reflect FNS National Data Bank (NDB) totals as of December 2024. As may be expected in a report of this size, which consolidates information collected through multiple state data sources, there may be discrepancies in reported data. State agencies report nearly all the data in this report on a quarterly or yearly basis. Differences in state reporting methods may lead to minor discrepancies in the data included in this report. In addition, some data may be revised after the publication of this report in part due to the reporting changes and complexities that state agencies faced during the public health emergency.
To assist the reader, end notes are provided at the conclusion of the report identifying the data sources and other pertinent information for each individual section. All data, except Treasury offset collection data, was compiled from the NDB, our official repository of SNAP data. Treasury offset collection data are derived from administrative offset weekly statistical reports prepared by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
If there are any questions concerning the data in this publication, contact the SNAP Program Administration and Nutrition Division’s State Administration Branch at SM.FN.SNAPSAB@usda.gov.