(NEXSTAR) – States have been put on notice: Stop making so many mistakes, or lose funding for food assistance.

Starting with the 2028 fiscal year, states with an error rate of higher than 6% will start losing federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. If the reform were to take effect immediately, only eight states would make the cut and receive full funding.

Nationwide, the average error rate was close to 11% last year.

If a state is unable to get its error rate below the 6% threshold in time, it will need to cover between 5% and 15% of the cost of SNAP benefits. Those with higher error rates generally must pay more, but state with especially high mistake rates will have as late as 2030 to comply.

As a result of the cost shift, the Congressional Budget

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