The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) initial data for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 show more than 226,000 fraudulent SNAP benefit claims and more than 691,000 unauthorized SNAP transactions were approved nationwide among reporting states.
October 01, 2024
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Counts are from USDA FNS initial reporting for FY2025 Q1 and exclude states that had not reported full data.
Stolen SNAP benefits cost the federal government more than $102 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, compared with $69.4 million in the previous quarter and $31.9 million in the same quarter a year earlier, per USDA data.
October 01, 2024
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Figures measure government costs attributable to stolen or improperly used SNAP benefits across reporting states.
USDA FNS initial reporting for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 identified about 186,000 deceased individuals receiving SNAP benefits and about 500,000 people receiving SNAP assistance in more than one state among reporting jurisdictions.
October 01, 2024
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These counts indicate types of program misuse identified in initial USDA FNS data for FY2025 Q1 and exclude non-reporting states.
Federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was $127 billion in 2022.
January 01, 2022
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Annual federal expenditure on the SNAP program.