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117945 1 (1982-03-29)

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             UNITED 6TATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OF ICE
                     WASHINGTON, DC.   20548

                                        FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                        EXPECTED AT 10 A.M.  EST
                                        MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1982

                          STATEMENT OF
                    HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR
           COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                           BEFORE THE


                 SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
                     NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
                                                            117945
                               ON

              GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REVIEWS OF
                     THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE:

     '2' ARE HERE TODAY AT YOUR INVITATION TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS

OF OUR ONGOING AND RECENTLY COMPLETED FOOD STAMP PROGRAM REVIEWS.

I  GILL HIGHLIGHT THE MAJOR ISSUES INVOLVED.

     QUALITY CONTROL DATA FOR THE 6 MONTHS ENDED MARCH 1981 SHOWS

THAT 10.6 PERCENT OF THE FOOD STAMP BENEFITS WERE OVERISSUANCES,

AND AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 2.6 PERCENT WAS UNDERISSUED.  IF QUALITY

CONTRCL REPORTS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF FISCAL YEAR 1981 SHOW

SIMILAR ERROR RATES, OVERISSUED BENEFITS FOR THE YEAR WILL TOTAL

ABOUT $1.1 BILLION AND UNDERISSUED BENEFITS WILL BE ABOUT $275

MILLION.

WAYS TO REDUCE ERRONEOUS ELIGIBILITY
AND BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS

     THE VAST MAJORITY OF OVERISSUANCES AND UNDERISSUANCES FOR

THIS $10.6 BILLION PROGRAM STEM FROM ERRORS IN DETERMINING COR-

RECT INCOME, ASSETS, AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE.  INCORRECT DATA ON

EARNED AND UNEARNED INCOME CAUSED TWO-THIRDS OF THE LOSS IN THE

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