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[Duplicate Welfare Payments in New !cxk Jurisdictions].
HRO-78-133; B-164C31(3). June 21, 1978. 7 pp.
Report to Secretary, Department of Healtb, Educaticn, and
' clfare- by Philip A. Bernstein (for Gregory J. Ahart, Dinector,
:uman Resources Div.).
Issue Area: Federally Sp')nscred or Assisted Inccme Security
Proqrams. Eligibility Determinations (13C7).
Contact: Human Resources Div.
Budqet Function: Income Security: Public Assistance and Cther
Income Supplements (604).
Organization Concerned: Social Security Adsii iitraticn.
Congressional Relevance: House Cop.ttee cc Ways anC Beans;
Senate Committee on Finance.
Authority: Social Security Act. =5 C.F.R. 232.
Data from the Aid to Families with Dependent Children
(AFDC) program rolls in New York City were compared with data
from Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Ccuuties using social
security number (SSNs) as the sole identifier. Computer
comparisons were made of these jurisdictions' rolls to determine
whether individuals received duplic, te payments and, if so,
whether the duplicate paymeits were 'eceived frcm more than one
jurisdiction. A number of AFDC recipientst SSNs appeared c- core
than one jurisdiction's rolls cr more than once on the same
roll; however, the jurisdictions identitieJ .nly a limited
number of recipients whc were receiving duriicate payments. Many
recipients' case files had missing or incorrect SS~s; a number
of the matches occurred because of incorrect SSNs. Ihere was no
standard format for storing recipient infcrmation in the
agencies' data files. The Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare should take action to resolve the ccntrovers, cctcerning
whether dependent children are required b) the Social Security
Act to have social security numbers and direct that the
Commissioner of Social Security take steps to insure that States
obtain SSNs for all adult applicants and recipients. He shc'ild
also direct the Inspector General to determine the magnitude of
missinq and incorrect SSNs and their effect on the results of
matching efforts and direct ths Commissioner of the Social
Security Administraticn to determine the need for and
feasibility of standardizing recipient data amcng jurisdictions.
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