Resource Policy Policy Analysis

Use of Advanced Automation in SNAP: Feb 2025 Revision

This 2025 memo outlines updated guidelines for state agencies' use of advanced automation in SNAP administration.

This memo, originally issued in January 2024, provides state agencies with guidance on allowable use of advanced automation technologies.

FNS encourages and supports state agencies’ use of advanced automation technologies to enhance the administration of SNAP and foster public trust, both in SNAP and in the state agencies’ systems, within the framework of statutory and regulatory requirements.