Improper Payments: USDA's Oversight of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
September 26, 2024
September 26, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report:
Here are excerpts:
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Fast Facts
USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is intended to help low-income people and families purchase food.
In this Q&A, we reported that for FY 2023, USDA estimated 11.7% (or about $10.5 billion) of SNAP benefits that it paid were improper--meaning that payments were the wrong amount or . . .
Here are excerpts:
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Fast Facts
USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is intended to help low-income people and families purchase food.
In this Q&A, we reported that for FY 2023, USDA estimated 11.7% (or about $10.5 billion) of SNAP benefits that it paid were improper--meaning that payments were the wrong amount or . . .