Assess whether a household is receiving duplicate subsidies from TANF

Situation

A state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave cannot treat a thousand UI claims from one IP block as color commentary on TANF work-hours that cannot be corroborated. SNAP trafficking investigator must close a household is receiving from that extract under Public Benefits / Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud.

Decision

SNAP trafficking investigator in a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave must choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold using TANF work-hours that cannot be corroborated after a thousand UI claims from one IP block.

Hypotheses to test

• A thousand UI claims from one IP block is noise around an already-controlled Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud process in a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave, given TANF work-hours that cannot be corroborated.
• A thousand UI claims from one IP block is the event in TANF work-hours that cannot be corroborated that forces Pay or continue for SNAP trafficking investigator under Public Benefits.
• TANF work-hours that cannot be corroborated shows a one-file miss after a thousand UI claims from one IP block, not a Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud program failure.
• TANF work-hours that cannot be corroborated cannot decide a household is receiving yet after a thousand UI claims from one IP block; hold is the only Public Benefits close a state SNAP agency after an EBT skimming wave can defend.

Analysis required

• Match household facts in TANF work-hours that cannot be corroborated to the rule that pays the benefit.
• Trace the notice and appeal path SNAP trafficking investigator must preserve.
• Test eligibility, recoupment, and improper-payment facts in TANF work-hours that cannot be corroborated after a thousand UI claims from one IP block.
• For this Public Benefits Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud file, read TANF work-hours that cannot be corroborated against a thousand UI claims from one IP block and write the one fact that would move a household is receiving for SNAP trafficking investigator.

Recommendation

Choose Pay or continue / Recoup / Deny / Hold on this Public Benefits / Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud packet (TANF work-hours that cannot be corroborated after a thousand UI claims from one IP block). The follow-on Trafficking and Eligibility Fraud action is what SNAP trafficking investigator does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.