On September 18, 2024, FNS awarded approximately $4.9 million in SNAP Fraud Framework grants to support state’s efforts to improve and expand recipient fraud prevention, detection, and investigation efforts using the procedures, ideas and practices outlined in the SNAP Fraud Framework.
FY 24 Award Summaries
- West Virginia Department of Human Services ($331,424)
Build a case management and fraud reduction software for tracking SNAP investigative caseloads that facilitates collaboration across staff and teams. Purchase equipment and supplies to produce anti-fraud materials to enhance the integrity of SNAP administration. - Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services ($424,388)
Implement technology improvements to increase program integrity efforts by capturing and analyzing IP addresses in order to track and identify recipient fraud, along with streamlining the reporting of SNAP investigations and dispositions. - Maine Department of Health and Human Services ($656,402)
Restructure overpayment database elements and update key functionality to address manual processing and tracking of overpayments. This project is expected to produce a sustainable means for state workers to management and report overpayments to effectively monitor and prevent waste and fraud. - Texas Department of Health and Human Services Commission ($425,000)
Implement Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) enhancements for SNAP recipients to increase fraud awareness and participation in fraud prevention activities. Improve community partnership engagements for better collaboration across various stakeholders and educate staff on effective prevention, detection and analysis of fraud on all fronts. - Illinois Department of Human Services ($475,071)
Implement a new fraud alerting system to address recipient fraud. The system will help detect potentially false information used on SNAP applications and will alert state staff on when there are fraud concerns on an application. - Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services ($161,344)
Educate SNAP recipients, retailers and local office regarding electronic benefit theft and skimming/cloning of EBT card benefits. This includes establishing an annual educational training program for field staff on skimming/cloning methods, current fraud patterns, and monitoring and prevention techniques. - Florida Department of Children and Families ($748,600)
Implement a tool to track IP addresses to provide state staff with improved information and automated tools to identify potential instances of SNAP benefit fraud such as identification of SNAP applicants applying for and/or receiving SNAP benefits while not being a resident of the state of Florida. - Mississippi Department of Human Services ($238,843)
Implement a proactive data-driven approach to fraud prevention, detection, and deterrence system to quickly identify and prioritize cases for evaluation. - Michigan Health and Human Services ($746,445)
Establish an end-to-end data analytics platform to help identify skimmers using software services that help perform advance analytic functions. - Minnesota Department of Human Services ($749,000)
Develop cardholder enhancements to protect SNAP recipients from benefits theft, leverage data analytics to detect and prevent fraudulent activities, and provide robust training to SNAP recipients, eligibility workers, and investigators to enhance the integrity of SNAP benefit administration.