Resource | Research and Data
The Effects of Simplified Reporting on Food Stamp Payment Accuracy
Using Food Stamp Quality Control data from fiscal year 2000, this analysis suggests that the simplified reporting policies adopted by states in 2004 could have lowered error rates by 1.2 to 1.5 percentage points.
10/12/2005
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Summary-Preliminary Report on the Feasibility of Computer Matching in the National School Lunch Program
The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 directed the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of the feasibility of using computer technology (including data mining) to reduce over certification, waste, fraud and abuse in the National School Lunch Program.
01/05/2005