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Penalties loom for Washington if state doesn’t improve food stamp error rates

Jake Goldstein-Street
Posted 7/6/26

Washington’s food stamp overpayments and underpayments ticked up this year, and the state could face tens of millions of dollars in added costs if accuracy doesn’t improve.  The state’s error rate was 6.98% in the 2025 federal fiscal year, with most mistakes coming from overpayments to recipients under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as […]

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