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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Errors and Fraud (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Sept. 24, 2018
Report Number IF10860
Report Type In Focus
Authors Randy Alison Aussenberg
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s largest domestic food assistance program, serving over 42.1 million individuals in an average month at a federal cost over $68 billion in FY2017. SNAP benefits may be used to buy eligible food at over 263,000 authorized stores. SNAP is jointly administered by state agencies, which handle recipient functions, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS), which supports and oversees the states and handles retailer functions. Policymakers discuss and debate errors and fraud in SNAP; these can be complex concepts. This In Focus summarizes the more-detailed CRS Report R45147, Errors and Fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).