Assess whether to brief the legislature with a number that will survive audit

SITUATION A USDA retailer disqualification packet due Friday put retailer trafficking red-flag report in front of SNAP trafficking investigator in a TANF office with thin work-participation documentation. This Public Benefits / Recoupment and Policy close is to brief the legislature from retailer trafficking red-flag report, and the live options are Pay or continue, Recoup, Deny.

DECISION SNAP trafficking investigator in a TANF office with thin work-participation documentation must choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold using retailer trafficking red-flag report after a USDA retailer disqualification packet due Friday.

HYPOTHESES TO TEST 1. Retailer trafficking red-flag report reads as Pay or continue once a USDA retailer disqualification packet due Friday is lined up to the same Public Benefits population. 2. Retailer trafficking red-flag report is closer to Recoup after a USDA retailer disqualification packet due Friday; Pay or continue would over-claim this Recoupment and Policy extract. 3. Deny is still live in retailer trafficking red-flag report for SNAP trafficking investigator in a TANF office with thin work-participation documentation. 4. Retailer trafficking red-flag report is missing the fact SNAP trafficking investigator needs after a USDA retailer disqualification packet due Friday; stop this Public Benefits close.

ANALYSIS REQUIRED 1. Quantify overpayment if to brief the legislature is wrong. 2. Separate a case-level error from a program-design failure in a TANF office with thin work-participation documentation. 3. Match household facts in retailer trafficking red-flag report to the rule that pays the benefit. 4. For this Public Benefits Recoupment and Policy file, read retailer trafficking red-flag report against a USDA retailer disqualification packet due Friday and write the one fact that would move to brief the legislature for SNAP trafficking investigator.

RECOMMENDATION Choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold on this Public Benefits / Recoupment and Policy packet (retailer trafficking red-flag report after a USDA retailer disqualification packet due Friday). Lead with the Public Benefits option retailer trafficking red-flag report can support after a USDA retailer disqualification packet due Friday, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for SNAP trafficking investigator in a TANF office with thin work-participation documentation.

COMMAND RETURNS - Bottom-line Public Benefits option on to brief the legislature, then the evidence in retailer trafficking red-flag report, then the action for SNAP trafficking investigator - Hypothesis scorecard against retailer trafficking red-flag report: supported / rejected / untestable - Regulatory or exam hook Recoupment and Policy would cite - Recoupment and Policy finding in retailer trafficking red-flag report that a second reviewer can re-perform