Assess whether a household is receiving duplicate subsidies from EBT

Situation

Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud work in a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave now turns on a household is receiving because a provider billing full-time care during school hours put EBT out-of-state redemption cluster in play. SNAP trafficking investigator should say what EBT out-of-state redemption cluster proves.

Decision

SNAP trafficking investigator in a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave must choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold using EBT out-of-state redemption cluster after a provider billing full-time care during school hours.

Hypotheses to test

• Authorize Pay or continue now; EBT out-of-state redemption cluster already has the discriminator after a provider billing full-time care during school hours.
• Keep Recoup in force until EBT out-of-state redemption cluster is completed after a provider billing full-time care during school hours for SNAP trafficking investigator.
• Treat EBT out-of-state redemption cluster as Deny because both readings appear after a provider billing full-time care during school hours.
• Refuse a Public Benefits close: SNAP trafficking investigator does not have the page a household is receiving turns on in EBT out-of-state redemption cluster.

Analysis required

• Quantify overpayment if a household is receiving is wrong.
• Separate a case-level error from a program-design failure in a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave.
• Match household facts in EBT out-of-state redemption cluster to the rule that pays the benefit.
• For this Public Benefits Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud file, read EBT out-of-state redemption cluster against a provider billing full-time care during school hours and write the one fact that would move a household is receiving for SNAP trafficking investigator.

Recommendation

Choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold on this Public Benefits / Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud packet (EBT out-of-state redemption cluster after a provider billing full-time care during school hours). The follow-on Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud action is what SNAP trafficking investigator does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.