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HRD-84-8 1 (1984-07-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnkk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE P2q WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 JULY 9. 1984 HUMAN AOR CI .I OIVISION 124605 The Honorable Margaret M. Heckler The Secretary of Health and Human Services Dear Madam Secretary: Subject: HHS Needs to Determine If Massachusetts' AFDC Program Meets Federal Requirements and If Not Take Compliance Action to Stop Federal Sharing in Erroneous Payments (GAO/HRD-84-8) Enclosed is a copy of our letter to the Massachusetts De- partment of Public Welfare which discusses improvements needed in the Department's administration of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Among other matters, we determined that the Department made erroneous AFDC payments in 1981, 1982, and 1983 and that the federal share of these pay- ments was over $3 million. We are recommending that you direct the Commissioner of Social Security to ascertain whether the Massachusetts Department has taken effective action to improve its automated welfare files used for administering the AFDC pro- gram and, if not, that you take compliance action against Massa- chusetts to withhold federal financial participation for failure of the state in practice to comply with federal requirements. As discussed in the enclosure, the Department --made estimated 1981 payments of $168,000 to (1) ineligi- ble AFDC dependents ages 18 to 20 who were not regularly attending school and (2) refugees for whom reimbursements were claimed under the Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212) beyond the act's 3-year payment limit, --made estimated 1981 AFDC payments of $240,000 to ineligi- ble dependents (including refugees) 21 years or older and took an average 6.7 months to adjust benefits after these dependents became ineligible, --recorded an estimated 61 percent of the dependents' eli- gible status incorrectly in the 1981 automated welfare file, (105125) 0 ;q -7 0

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