Food Stamp Program Households Collect Benefits for Persons Disqualified for Intentional Program Violations

By Robertson, Robert E.

Book Id: WPLBN0000217636
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.2 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Food Stamp Program Households Collect Benefits for Persons Disqualified for Intentional Program Violations
Author:	Robertson, Robert E.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

Excerpt
Excerpt: During numerous hearings over the last several years, the Congress has expressed its strong desire to reduce the level of fraud, waste, and abuse in the Food Stamp Program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In 1997 and 1998, we reported that millions of dollars in food stamp overpayments in four states were caused by counting thousands of inmates and deceased individuals as household members and by counting thousands of individuals as members of recipient households in more than one state during the same period. In these reports, we identified several actions, including the use of automated information, to reduce the level of ineligible participation. In response to your request, this report focuses on individuals who were disqualified from the program for intentionally violating the program?s rules but were included as household members during their disqualification period, a problem referred to as disqualified participation. Individuals are disqualified from participation in the program when it is determined that they have committed an intentional program violation.