Resource | Research and Data | Payment Accuracy and Program Integrity
The Extent of Trafficking in the Food Stamp Program: 2002–2005
FNS uses a set of EBT-based administrative tools and undercover investigations to identify and sanction trafficking retailers, and to estimate the extent of trafficking. The estimates of the amount of trafficking, the trafficking rate, and the store violation rate reported here are based on information from almost 33,000 stores subject to administrative or undercover investigation from late 2002 through 2005.
12/01/2006
Resource | Research and Data
Estimating the Number of People in Poverty for the Program Access Index: The American Community Survey vs. the Current Population Survey
This paper presents a comparison of the two surveys as a source of data for the PAI calculation and illustrates the potential effects of moving to the ACS.
08/01/2006