The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Director Richard Whitley was informed by the US Department of Agriculture that the Supplemental Assistance and Nutrition Program (SNAP), Nevada will receive around $2 million in additional federal funding.
Nevada will receive a $1.4 million bonus for its efforts to better serve SNAP recipients; Nevada SNAP was recently recognized for being one of the most improved programs in the nation. Nevada SNAP will also receive an additional $500,000 as an award for being one of the two states with the most improved Case and Procedural Error Rates (CAPER).
“The staff at the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services has worked very hard to achieve these improvements. Naomi Lewis, Deputy Administrator for Program and Field Operations and Robert Thompson, Field Operations Manager, have demonstrated exceptional leadership in identifying problem areas and executing effective program improvements. Staff at every level of the organization has contributed to this success. I am very proud of the work this team and their staff are doing.” said Steve Fisher, Administrator of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services. “Vulnerable Nevada families and all tax payers have benefited from the improvements in service time and benefit accuracy. This is an accomplishment we can all feel good about.”
Nevada has improved their Program Access Index (PAI) with an improvement rate of 8.28% from the previous year which is one of the best in the nation. The PAI is the number of SNAP participants in the state then divided by the number of people who can obtain SNAP.
