The Evaluating the Interview Requirement for SNAP Certification study will collect information in five states to assess how eliminating interviews affects outcomes, including administrative efficiency, costs, benefit accuracy, and client access. The project will include a randomized control trial (RCT) to analyze the impacts of outcomes between those clients assigned to receive an interview (the regular interview process group) and those assigned to not receive an interview (the no-interview group).
Summary
To help states handle increased need and participation amid the health risks during the pandemic, FNS offered states a range of flexibilities which provided support to states administering the program and clients in the application process, including the option to waive the certification and recertification interview requirement. This allowed states to continue administering SNAP during the public health emergency with minimal client contact. FNS required states that waived the interview requirement to document their experiences processing cases without the interview. However, more rigorous evidence is needed to confidently understand the effects of waiving the interview requirement.
Comments
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