Change Justification Recipient Trafficking Data

1. How many SNAP client cases (persons) were disqualified for an intentional program
violation (IPV) by your State agency in FY 2013?
a. Of the total IPV disqualifications, how many were related to eligibility fraud?
b. Of the total IPV disqualifications, how many were related to recipient
trafficking?
2. How many SNAP client cases (persons) were prosecuted in court by your State agency in
FY 2013? (Do not include disqualification consent agreements.)
a. Of the total IPV prosecutions, how many were related to eligibility fraud?
b. Of the total IPV prosecutions, how many were related to recipient trafficking?
3. Is there a dollar threshold established by your State agency for referring IPV cases for
prosecution?
a. If your State agency has an established threshold, what is the amount of the
dollar threshold?
4. Are there additional standards established by your State agency for referring IPV cases
for prosecution?
a. If your State agency has additional established standards, what are those
standards?
5. When IPV cases are referred for prosecution by your State agency, who are they referred
to? (e.g. State Attorney General, county prosecutor, local prosecutor, etc.)
6. Of the total number of SNAP client cases (persons) referred for prosecution by your State
agency in FY 2013, how many cases signed disqualification consent agreements (DCA)?
a. Of the total signed DCAs, how many were related to eligibility fraud?
b. Of the total signed DCAs, how many were related to recipient trafficking?
7. Does your State agency offer DCAs to all IPV cases referred for prosecution?
a. If your State agency does not offer DCAs to all cases referred for prosecution,
what standards are established to determine whether a case qualifies for a DCA?
The 16-item survey will add approximately 26.5 hours to the reporting total burden for 05840083. This burden increase represents an additional 30 minutes per State agency to complete the
one time survey. The additional data points collected in this survey will provide FNS with
accurate data on the current efforts by State agencies to detect, investigate, prosecute, and
disqualify recipients suspected of trafficking SNAP benefits. This information will allow the
agency to establish clear objectives for the continued State agency detection and response to
SNAP recipient trafficking.
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If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact Lynnette Thomas, Branch Chief
for the Food and Nutrition Service, Planning & Regulatory Affairs Branch at (703) 605-4782.

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