USDA Seeks Input on SNAP Quality Review Worksheet
Published Date: 5/18/2026
Notice
Summary
The USDA wants your thoughts on updating a form used to check the quality of SNAP benefits, called FNS-380. This form helps make sure SNAP is working right and the changes aim to make it clearer and easier to use. If you’re involved with SNAP or care about how it’s managed, now’s the time to speak up before July 17, 2026!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
State agencies face bigger paperwork burden
Fifty-three State agencies will spend a lot more time collecting and recording SNAP quality-control data. The agency estimates State reporting will total 391,007 hours and State recordkeeping will total about 1,095 hours (State total ≈ 392,102 hours), with an estimated 232,090 State agency responses and an average of 8.48 hours per State agency response. Overall the collection increases total burden by 8,220 hours.
Households will be interviewed for SNAP QC
About 46,418 SNAP households will be asked to complete an FNS-380 interview each year. Each household interview is estimated to take 0.5 hours, for a total of 23,209 household hours annually (an increase of about 460.5 hours from the prior submission).
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