2007 Food Stamp Accuracy Improvement Campaign
From: Jim Dalman, Chief, Program Integrity and Analysis
You may have noticed on the DPAWeb page header that our fourth month average Food Stamp Program payment error rate has dropped to 2.3%. This average is a good indicator of the current accuracy trend and a promising sign of where our accuracy rate is headed. Now this part is good. For the first time since our payment accuracy improvement campaign began in 2003 every region is above our accuracy goal. It’s the first time in over 10 years that half way through the sample year all of our regions have better than 95% accuracy. Give me Five! This truly is remarkable progress that is quickly moving us up in the national performance rankings. Keeping up this pace of improvement could put is in competition for a significant performance bonus. We can do that.
Our statewide payment accuracy rate now stands 96.3%. And, of course the praise and thanks goes those that brought us here:
- Southeast Region is maintaining perfection with 100% accuracy.
- Northern Region has a great 96.6% accuracy rate.
- Central Region is contributing mightily with 96.1% accuracy.
- Coastal Region, which has issued 44% of the sample benefits so far this year, and is above our goal with 95.2% accuracy.
Very well done one and all!