On June 30, 2023, USDA released the FY 2022 payment error rate (PER) for SNAP, the first national error rate calculated since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This payment error rate captures a time when the ability of SNAP to agilely adapt to meet the health and well-being of families and support the economic resiliency of our nation was pivotal—and state and local agencies overwhelmingly stepped up to the challenge. Learn more in APHSA’s Special Statement.