Food Stamp Program: Results of the Simplified Application Demonstration Project
RCED-87-102
Published: Jun 11, 1987. Publicly Released: Jun 11, 1987.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO analyzed the design and implementation of the Food Stamp Program's Simplified Application Demonstration Project, which Congress authorized to reduce administrative costs and errors in program eligibility and benefit determinations.
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Administrative errorsCost controlDisadvantaged personsEligibility determinationsErroneous paymentsIncome maintenance programsProgram evaluationState-administered programsSupplemental security incomeWelfare benefitsMedicare