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CED-82-87 1 (1982-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdhz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U~iED TATS GENRAL ACCOUNTING OFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 I May 21, 1982 COMMUNITY ANO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-207529 RESTRICTED - Not to b, releaed outside the Qeral Accounting Office exropt on, e L.a ;s of specific approval by the Office of Congressional Relaions The Honorable Jesse Helms RELEASED Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate 118512 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Food Stamp Program Application Processing Time (GAO/CED-82-87) On April 8, 1982, you asked us to supplement our March 1982 report 1/ to you on expedited service in the Food Stamp Program by providing any information readily available on how long States take to process nonexpedited service (regular) cases. You also asked whether processing time for these cases would be shortened if expedited service were eliminated. Processing time is the period between when a household makes application for food assistance and when a local food stamp agency issues or denies food stamp benefits to that household. The Food Stamp Act of 1977 requires that, for regular cases, benefits be issued not later than 30 calendar days after an application is submitted. Households can receive benefits within 3 working days (expedited service) if they have no net monthly income or are considered destitute as defined by the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service. The Service does not require State and local food stamp agencies to collect data on case processing time, and the Service has not collected such data on its own. Consequently, as agreed with your office, we telephoned Food Stamp Program officials in the 50 States and the District of Columbia to obtain whatever data or estimates they could provide us on case processing time. l/Expedited Service in the Food Stamp Program (CED-82-59, Mar. 15, 1982). (023225) 02.2QJ2o S--

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