Center on Budget and Policy Priorities July 18, 2024
Section 1 Executive Summary
This toolkit provides resources for advocates and state agencies seeking to streamline the eligibility verification process for Medicaid and SNAP.
Federal law requires the state and county agencies that administer Medicaid and SNAP to verify that a client is eligible before approving or renewing benefits. An agency may have to verify eligibility factors such as income, household size, assets, and citizenship or immigration status. There are three main methods of verification: obtaining client statements (known as self-attestation), accessing data from other agencies or commercial entities, or requiring the client to provide additional documentation.
In many cases, agencies can rely on a combination of client statements and available data sources to confirm eligibility factors without requiring additional...
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