The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service announced Thursday that it is hiring a “chief integrity officer” to prevent fraud in the nation’s food stamp program.
Brandon Lipps — the acting deputy undersecretary for USDA’s Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services — said that the chief integrity officer would oversee the food stamp program and suggest improvements to maintain the program’s integrity, so those who receive benefits are the ones who really need them.
“Where protection of taxpayer dollars is concerned – the job is never done,” Lipps said in astatement. “Today we are renewing our commitment to ensuring that our nutrition programs are run as effectively and efficiently as possible; increasing program integrity while maintaining the nutrition safety net for those truly in need.”
The USDA also announced that it would conduct a “third-party review” of all 15 nutrition assistance programs—including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); the Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC); National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs; and the Summer Food Service Program.
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11 comments:
Rice and beans. That's all!
Offer rewards for turning in fraudulent users, big money brings out snitching.
I don't remember having any of these programs when I was younger
Hey Joe, crabs are $300 a bushel at Skipjacks and the only people who can afford them have SNAP cards
I know of guys in jail that have other people on the outside using their SNAP card while they are locked up.
The person on the outside uses the card for food, and the inmate is getting money, usually 50 cent to the dollar, put on his commissary account in the jail.
Talk about abuse of the system.
Better Hire a White Officer !!! LOL
No More LOBSTER & BOOZE !!!!
NAACP wants a change in the use law to allow SNAP users to also be able to eat out at restaurants with the cards.
They say that it is stifling the poor families from being able to enjoy the full middle class american dream.
Democrats are supporting this.
They didn’t have enough labor to ensure proper use of the program. They needed just one more employee. Lol
There are Just as Many Poor White familys and they can't
get Nothing in a Snap, or anything at all ...they Have to
Work or die ......No Affirmative Action for them !! Fact
Where are they going to find someone in DC with integrity?
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