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RCED-84-94 1 (1984-05-30)

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BY THE U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE





Report To The Secretary Of Agriculture








The Management System For Identifying And

Correcting Problems In The Food Stamp

Program Can Work Better


The Department of Agriculture's corrective action process
is used to identify and secure states' corrective actions on
major Food Stamp Program problems, such as those
related  to  determining  eligibility, issuing  benefits, col-
lecting overpayments, and pursuing fraud. By providing
states with assistance in analyzing problems and de-
vloping plans and holding the states financially ac-
c untable for serious administrative problems, the
o ppartment has encouraged better program management,
by t GAO found that there is room for further improvement.

The Department approved some state corrective action
plans which did not address all major problems or did not
deal with them effectively. In addition, some states did not
follow federal requirements to monitor and evaluate
progress made in carrying out their plans. GAO found that
the Department's requirements for state management
evaluations of program operations were burdensome and
hod not been updated to cover all recent program changes.

Ir this report, GAO offers recommendations designed to
irprove the ways in which the Department and states
icentify Food Stamp Program problems and plan and carry
oJt solutions to those problems.


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         /i                           .-                     MAY 30, 1984

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