Assistance program
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Recipient Trafficking Prevention Grants
$0 committed in FY2018–FY2018
- Agency
- Food and Nutrition Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 10.598
- What it does
- The purpose of the SNAP Recipient Trafficking Prevention Grant program is to provide grants to State agencies to implement process improvements designed to detect, investigate, and prosecute individuals suspected of trafficking SNAP benefits. The goal of the SNAP Recipient Trafficking Prevention Grant Program is to improve outcomes for State agency activities devoted to recipient trafficking prevention, detection, and prosecution. The SNAP Recipient Trafficking Prevention Grant Program is targeting the following specific areas for consideration of grant funding: 1) Transition of any State that currently utilizes batch processing to upload and verify information with FNS’s electronic Disqualified Recipient System (eDRS) to using web services; resulting in more secure, timely, and accurate information. 2) Process improvements intended to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of State recipient fraud oversight operations, with a particular emphasis on the detection, investigation, and prosecution of trafficking. 3) Pilot innovative strategies to increase the number of SNAP recipient trafficking allegations that are investigated and administratively disqualified or prosecuted. 4) Pilot innovative strategies to identify and successfully investigate attempts to buy or sell SNAP benefits online using any form of social media (Facebook, Twitter) or ecommerce website (Craigslist, eBay).
- Who benefits
- Agreements are established between State agencies and FNS. State agencies use funds to improve outcomes for activities devoted to recipient trafficking prevention, detection, and prosecution.
- Who applies
- This grant opportunity is open to the 53 State agencies that administer SNAP. FNS will consider only one application per State agency or one application per County in a County Administered State. There is no State matching requirement for this grant program. To date, nine awards have been made:7 in 2014 and 2 in 2015.
- Authorized by
- Section 29(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036)
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