Assess whether an eligibility case is error, fraud, or both (8b5944)

Situation

After a MAGI mismatch that could be a household-size coding error, housing overlapping-address and income file is what housing-subsidy fraud investigator can touch in a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave. Public Benefits will live with An eligibility case is error, fraud, versus Both on this Compliance and Integrity Operations file.

Decision

Housing-subsidy fraud investigator in a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave must choose An eligibility case is error, fraud, / Both using housing overlapping-address and income file after a MAGI mismatch that could be a household-size coding error.

Hypotheses to test

• Authorize An eligibility case is error, fraud, now; housing overlapping-address and income file already has the discriminator after a MAGI mismatch that could be a household-size coding error.
• Keep Both in force until housing overlapping-address and income file is completed after a MAGI mismatch that could be a household-size coding error for housing-subsidy fraud investigator.
• Treat housing overlapping-address and income file as An eligibility case is error, fraud, because both readings appear after a MAGI mismatch that could be a household-size coding error.
• Refuse a Public Benefits close: housing-subsidy fraud investigator does not have the page an eligibility case is turns on in housing overlapping-address and income file.

Analysis required

• Separate a case-level error from a program-design failure in a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave.
• Match household facts in housing overlapping-address and income file to the rule that pays the benefit.
• Trace the notice and appeal path housing-subsidy fraud investigator must preserve.
• For this Public Benefits Compliance and Integrity Operations file, read housing overlapping-address and income file against a MAGI mismatch that could be a household-size coding error and write the one fact that would move an eligibility case is for housing-subsidy fraud investigator.

Recommendation

Choose An eligibility case is error, fraud, / Both on this Public Benefits / Compliance and Integrity Operations packet (housing overlapping-address and income file after a MAGI mismatch that could be a household-size coding error). Lead with the Public Benefits option housing overlapping-address and income file can support after a MAGI mismatch that could be a household-size coding error, then the two facts that force it, then the Monday action for housing-subsidy fraud investigator in a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave.