Food Stamp Program: The Household Definition Is Not a Major Source of Caseworker Errors

RCED-90-183 Published: Jul 26, 1990. Publicly Released: Aug 06, 1990.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Food Stamp Program, focusing on whether the household definition caseworkers use to compute food stamp benefits is a significant cause of caseworker errors.

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Worker and Family Assistance

Administrative errorsData collectionDisadvantaged personsEligibility criteriaEligibility determinationsErroneous paymentsFamiliesState-administered programsWelfare benefitsData errors