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SNAP Administrative Costs

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number:
27601-0003-22
Report Type
Audit
Component
Food and Nutrition Service
Description

OIG evaluated Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS) controls over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administrative costs, with a specific focus on whether States with county-administered programs were effectively and efficiently controlling costs and minimizing variances.

Joint Report
No
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$3,575,424
Funds for Better Use
$111,399,656

Recommendations

Use the recommendations of the 2008 feasibility study to identify the causes of SNAP administrative cost variances and share any best practices that are discovered as a result of the study with States and counties.

Perform and document continuous monitoring and analyses on a yearly basis of State administrative cost variances to identify and share trends and any best practices to reduce SNAP costs.

Establish standard written procedures for reviewing and approving the risk-based approach used by regions to select States for financial management reviews.

Establish written requirements and procedures for regional offices to select counties to review in county-administered States.

Deobligate $111,399,656 in invalid unliquidated obligations reported by CDSS.